NATIVE LANDS COURT.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 285, 30 June 1875, Page 2

NATIVE LANDS COURT.

(Before Judge Rogan, and Assensors Hone and WiKißiwHi Te Tuauu.) vGI TH£ BLOCK. lir mapy resriects this claim is similar t< tbftflne jUgl heard—Wai-o-Hiharore ‘j? '^itESfewception of there being a ferg’B? number of objectors, who appear so far to have availed themselves of every item of evidence that would tend wayptopadvanca their claim, vl— L'-Ju- -XaRiperata Kahutia and Hape Kiniha 'Eoproßcnfi the—elaiuiantH." •I l ti6Bs"grg~ opposed by Hoani Ruru, Pimia Aata, Wiremu Kirishi, Paora Matuakore, and others. It was apparent from tho outset oFthis case that the hearing would extend' ovbr A'- 1 period; but it was materially lessened by »<| O PW f vi (M c d r< lW jug to it, given as far back as 1870. By thismearfijlibribdse of'thd Claimants has ,j?ouqju4f4i on,Saturday/ W. „)),□/ On Monday /the. iobjectors were seayd. ( Ruru appq^di, Ai'W ll #,' ptti'er vyitnpsses, ,Paora, wate qalje'd. , HJe him" right,tp ,9Ply.») ■ 'I L-ma-..-. BE WAIHIBEBE BLOCK. J 1 This is a block lap^ thirty .acres, situated near Ormond. It passed the Court at its late sittinehqße z andh&» since' been* pferenased nyGrtvefnrnenT, l«n account of thp: lim&stwtie quarry on j j&r’ , district Qffiew, made a iplication for the Court to decree t imtithe' Grown Grant; 'which'has fybL toAei issued; may‘be.'riihdfe oht itt' the nijne> ofii HprdMhljestyi l "•’'The' tetWi-’ viyance; ,already A.prepared "hr-aeridri 1 'd nice with the requirements of tllri ’Act, was handed into Court. This

■ In 1874 'Rl'perata Kahjit’ja, niade a iplicatlbh' 1 ' 'flffJ ! 1 this 1 ’'’ianft, Ivmch g-arises 1 Block. T , tjm affiliation for sub-division # g 'antees have arrived at an .arrangeJm ent, whe W bejf W<iW it to tVo equal parts, leaving four g 'antees iti* eaoh’hatf.' l si ibsequeptfy .-tfedi'eonf eyw»cbH I 'Arkwn u ) and duly executed,.transferring the |1 ares of each to -the other. Case. 0€ ttl©ttl‘ H-rt no it“{ S-* :BW5i »,'A U> Wen irin*. V.™«' Hirini Haereofte'' Arid"’Wi‘Pere gave evidence in support of their-claims as" J 51 U 1£ '' ~ W if* felon or Maraetaha_ana-Kun Blocks wi ll I; wHfift«PiJl«toia l yi (iWiedneBday)ion ,i . ri-jv'i Dili .miiiiii* f^ia^it-miiyheiEdnieinbbredj'waiS'kWifl' l of thte cases set down for investigation at the-Nntive -EandS"Courrheld“‘here in lOat.Z (IE 'lwJWlfthrid 1 expedient to adjourn its .conqideratioiP ji til after ktie-'Nek'rihg bf-ftfri v 'claims at Wpipira AB-Mayo JUst. At th it time it was; JU %j)ticipated that idencejio.th of a copious and strongly 'co afljfting nature brought] fo -kai-d by the different parties wher ‘lk- claim ts[ (thlß lilted ;1 fihS the in estigation which has occupied some nta 78 past has fullybGM#wrt those con4e< tures.— The Wai o-Hiharore blockhr^n’d°TX^on^ a • b sf’ e l or totitenrion. T.t has been for yearsJ gr >und, prolific ot sport, is to the Red • Lnlians of America!'k priceless jio (session. .IfjfiisiieuifoiA bd l Wft'rfdered at, when it is known? - tbat,-hprirthe~ avhrihd, attA with, ev< 7 ,LA n Wfti spi t tor obtaining all the luxuries tin t an e|>i<nuieii'oV tW coi Id have left anj' /(^one,i u ß t}Kned, in t^oeuwag — the mosfr— complete —antfcdt wjjh regard to :]-the 'chronological history of their ' an< estoosgwigi may hriiveridyreltiiDitiiei I I'vitenity, with a itaisilbstantiating M their Riperata K'ahutia, and, a few others ‘fere , TO6 - ‘ <J |srii'i‘cipfe l i l ' claimarits’- , ’fo fee" . AjlTt i-o-hiharor6’' l> MrifilE 1 ' ■ 1 Thri l| 'mefi of each jjarty have furnisbed the JGtonrt riifU tjbkMir 2(h whi >se f claii)y j>y ( (