A MAORI CLAIM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 132, 22 October 1912, Page 8

A MAORI CLAIM.

ASKING JOE, £2,000,000. . By Telegraph—Press Association. , . Yesterday. A lonrf-Stratiiifgr grievance on 'the part of the Ngatahu tribe of the South Island natives wasTdiscussed by a depu-! tation which.fvvait/qd on' the Prime Min- i ister to-day, In 1848 the Government occupied J t oDo,()pj),.agreS;jqf: tribal lands, extending from Kaiapoi to OtagO Heads, 'the'' rinder&andjng.rbe.ing.. that a deposit of ''.t2tifr&"'siiouiir be- paid, and that 0119 af^e ( , jteii should be reserved'for "the rise of the ( Maori sellers. The but they ne\x'r_go't',oJm;.(ifiV'^.W i ,kn-.; 1» addition, the Government t00k,,ia,0()6,0i)0 acres further inland ,be|p«gipg : ;'.to;. the same' tribe, for.\vhich ;: noth\n.g;\yas, paid, but in regard to which the Maoris, understood that the principle of; giving, Maoris one acre in ten; was ,to be .extended. The natives claim that; under-the terms of the cession,of ,:theii!.,lands, they .were entitled to be; provided withi schools, hospitals and medical attendance. They further ask. that, the .terms <of the agreement should' be carried, out, that they should receive one-tenth of the 20,000,000 acres acquired,:or. : ari.equivalent, which they assess at-'£2)6oo,uooi: Mr. Masseyifeaicr.'tbab -ho 1 proposed during the'roeoss to-'go "fully irito these questions,: »*ivd '-ite* 'hdped L to' arrive at some satisfacto'i'J''oOnclusioni :: V •