MR PARRIS AND MOKAU NATIVES.
Mr Parris met Mokan natives at the White Cliffs on Tuesday, about thirty natives being assembled. On Wednesday the talking commenced, and lasted several hours, Taniora, More, and Wesley being the principal speakers. Mr Parris pointed out to them the northern boundary lino of the confiscated land, whereupon the natives stated that they wanted the lino removed back about a mile and n-half or two miles. They argued the point at great length, but Mr Parris gave them to understand plainly that the boundary line was fixed by law, and that he had little hope of it being altered. The natives showed more earnestness in striving for the land than appears to be at all consistent with the value of it, as we believe the land they want to obtain is a barren, precipitous country worth little or nothing. The natives complained that they had not yet been paid for the services they rendered in launching the steamer Hannah Mokau when she was stuck in the Mokan River, but ho could not promise redress.
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Patea Mail, 25 June 1881, Page 3
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