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NATIVE LANDS

INTERESTING DISCUSSION. AN ADJUSTMENT BILL.' By Telegraph—frets Association. WELLINGTON 1 , Last Night. In the House of Representatives to-night, the Hon. A. T. N@ata moved the second reading of the Native Lands Adjustment Bill. He starred 'that a clause would be .moved in Committee to prevent the aggivg.v tion of leaser of Native lands in consequence of a judgment given ye#-e> day in the Court of Appeal, whicn nullifies the limitation clauses of the Act of 1909. (Mr Herries said he objected to the. Government asking the House to remedy a supposed abuse after being beaten in a judgment. He hoped the clause to be moved would not be made retrospective. He wished to remove a general impression that the Opposition wanted to confiscate the Native lands. Mr Pa rat a said the Natives desired their lands to be individualised, and also rated ; but not to be rated before individualifiation. ; The -Nativeshad an idea, that the" Opposition would take all their lands, from them. Mir Rangihiroa said the Natives should be allowed ''to individualise. The putting of the Maoris on the same footing as the pakeh'a was a consummation devoutly- to be wished. JVfr iNgata, in reply, said that apparently the Opposition had two policies in connection with Native lands. Mr Herries expounded one in the Hoiue and another outside. He then road a. memorandum from the Soli-citor-General, iit connection with the amendment proposed to be moved in Committee, which pointed out that under the present law there was no limit to the amount or Maori leaser hold land that ,could be acquired, and that the Maoris paid no land tax, :is would be the; case with European leaseholds. This was- against the land settlement policy of the Government, and called for immediate legislation, dealing with the matter cf individualization of Native lando, he said such a course would lend itself to the speedy disposal, of trie land. The judgment delivered by the Appeal Court on the previous day lefined "lessee" m such, a strict manner ithat it was feared by the Solici-tor-General that the whole of the I,imitation provision in the Native lands statutes would be set aside. The motion was carried.

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10459, 25 October 1911, Page 5

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Tapeke kupu
364

NATIVE LANDS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10459, 25 October 1911, Page 5

NATIVE LANDS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10459, 25 October 1911, Page 5

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