KAWHIA NOTES.

Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1072, 14 October 1901, Page 2

KAWHIA NOTES.

Thu Kawhia Vigilance Committee held a meotinn cm the 2nd iu&t., Mr A. E. I ungley in the chair. A number of letters were rcul and di---cu-aed. The first considered was one from Mr Gerhard Mueller, as Chairman of the Auckland Land Hoard. The Kan Ida Vigilance Cornu itice had written to the Government, asking that no sections in Kanhia should in future he sold or leased excepted in open market or some lung to iliac effect. Mr Mueller’s letter was not encouraging ; it stated, that as the Biard did not know the nature of the recommendation made by tiic Kawhia Vigilance Committee to t! e Government, they mutt decline to comply with the request.—Mr Langley stated that he had so n Mr Kensington, who had been in st kind in shotting him all the unsold tendons, and explaining how matters stood, and that no further sales or leases for long peiiods would be made except in the ordinary way, but that these sections might be leased from year to year. A letter was read from Inspector Cullen in which he stated that Di it riot Constable Morgan would nut be appointed sanitary inspect m, but should anyone offend they might he r>ported to the police, who would thou prosecute if necessary.

A letter from Mr T. E. Clue cm in staled that a quantity of young trout worl d soon he available for distribution, mi if arrangements weie made to s ml to the nearest station to m et the cmaignment tlrsy would he sent. Tins was preferable lo sending them by steamer, on account of (he delay made by the latter. After di cussioa it was found that in either ease, whether by land or sea the time taken would be too grcal. It was determined to give up the idea m getting sniaT fish (his year and to ace- pi Mr Ayson’s advice, vito make hatching boxes and get a consignment of ova n.xl M.y.

The Chairman then drew attention lo the way the Kvwhia cn'irons had been neglected. The bind all lound about the town was native laud. Nearly the whole of the (own sections that were sold were in the bauds of speculators, who held foi a lug price, and the consequence way that only a few building-) wire actually on freehold. The eons qnance was that ail the other buildings were on Maori leaseholds, ft system of tenure at once, dis strons to both landlord and tenant, ami of the most insecure nature. Ha 1) lined that the Kaw-hia natives would to a man abide by the leases they had given, hut while they ren trued illegal they wire unsatisfactory. The worst feature of the wnoio matter was the shapes, ria- s and positions o! these leveholds. 1 Ids had become so notorious in Kawhia tli.t it was a query which was the back and which the front door in most of Hie. build ng» if not all, nor was there Millieient ri.fiil of way to hj ilt of lit. in 1 J his uis a moat deplorah'e stale of tilings, and if the Government were not mud to take, the met er tip at once it would hj ■ too late. He saw two way - out i f the difficulty ; one was Hut the Govnnuii nl acquire imuv diatcly at a fair piieclhe land round Ivtwhit in a systematic nuinner and road 'C properly, or that they send an (fli.av lo do this and allow The native owners the right to deal wb hj their on n land if propei lisa ivoyed. He would propose that the GoV'-rn-n- n be rel'tioiifd, shewing the det-irc of the pcop'o here, and the ano-nak us position in which Mioy were phio :d. The matter must he pushed Toward without delay. R'-un nr.-.v the c'ost; packing of building wiihotti d'-ainage wasu menace to the public health jutd if something were not done at cnee it was difficult t.) say what the cons- queues might be. - O.vn cot respondent.