NATIVE FISHING RIGHTS.
CASE BEFORE APPEAL COURT. By Telegraph—Pr«9 Association. ■ Wellington, Yesterday. The full court, consisting of the Chief Justice and Justices Edwards and Cooper, is engaged in hearing argument in the case Waipapakura v. Hempton. Collector of Ccstonrs at New Plymouth, /the appeal >* from the decision of Mr. Crooke. S.M.. at Waitara, The claim in the .Magistrate'* Court was for £lO for, hy_ Iris agents, wrongfully depriving plaiutitl' of the n* and posse-si on 'of three whitebait nets, whicEli were seized by (lie Customs authorities upon the ground that appellant was* using them unlawfully in breach of clauise I '.'< of the regulations under the Fisheries I. Act, 1008. Applicant '"aimed she was | exercising the Maori fishing rights, and .that such rights saved from operation Che Fisheries Act. The magistrate held that he had no jurisdiction to determine the existence or validity of Native ■fishing rights and fJhat appellant must go io the Native Land Court to have l.er rights determined before, suins; in the Magistrate's Court, From this decision the present appeal vas brought.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 42, 10 July 1914, Page 5
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175NATIVE FISHING RIGHTS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 42, 10 July 1914, Page 5
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