KAPITI ISLAND.
clause in the “Washing-Up” Bill authorising the acquisition of the remaining Native lands on Kapiti Island was struck out hy the Native Affairs Committee. Mr W. H. Pi eld (Otaki) asked in the House if the Minister proposed ' to substitute anything for it. The Minister (Hon. D. H. Guthrie) said he understood that Mr Field, or some other member, would move to reinstate the clause. "When other clauses had been dealt with Mr 11. G. HU (Christ- i church South) moved to reinstate the clause. The Hon. A. T. Ngata (Eastern Maori) raised a point of order that the clause was an appropriation providing for (he acquisition of about 010 acres at a cost of £5,000 t or £O,OOO. Further,.it related solely to Maoris, and had not been translated. The Hun. D. H. Guthrie suid.it had been referred to the Native Affairs Committee. Mr Ngata: “Which struck it out.” Mr Field said that the land was held by two white trustees in trust for the half-caste owner. The Chairman of Committees (Mr Malcolm) upheld, the point of order regarding translation, as the clause referred onlv to Native owners.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2051, 6 November 1919, Page 2
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190KAPITI ISLAND. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2051, 6 November 1919, Page 2
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