R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1183, 19 September 1882, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

—♦-—. 1 FEATHERHTON-MONDAY. •• [Before H. P. Wardell, R.M.J J. \t Laimbeer,v C.-Gazley of Eegistration.Act 1880.- Defendant did' not appear.'"'MrLairnbe'e'f "stilted that since he lookout the summWlhTdef etidant had registered his dog. .= The, case, was dismissed on payment of l 7s'c6sts. ■ Uamev J. McDonald—Same offence. No appearance of defendant.. Fined 10s".' and 7s costs, and 5s allowed complainant as'his expenses." '

■;Sarne ,v Jacob. Gooding.—Suffering eight head of cattlo to stray at .largo, on the;-; Tauherenikau; road. Complainant said he had been appointed ■■'ranger to the Featheratoti -Highway- •-■Board and' the Wairarapa West County as far as the Black Bridge, ■ The Court asked in which capacity he was acting in the present c*ase. He replied as ranger for the FeaiHoYst'ori Highway Board. Mr Gray, who appeared ;for the defendant said .if this was the case! ;Ue. would ask the Court to dismiss'."the case;-;as the 'road,was, a ~'County |,road", Casevdismissed,

.'. The Register of Elqotora .for Wairarapa South, appeared in support of 14'objeotions'.to persons whoso names were on the electoral roll. ■ .The Resident ordered the'names to be. struck off the roll;" ' ''■■ : i

MESSRS BEETHAM and BUCHANAN .•,:; AT CARTERTON. • ■' -"' : ;

.'■> The members for the Wairarapa North and; South Electoral Districts met their' Mapri canßtituonts at the Institute, Car-, .terton, on Monday evoniag, Mr N.' Grace Beirigvotea to the chair. ',"'" '.' : ,:both' races, and.Jiad always endeayo'redf to-think' they ,representecl! their• ownpeople only. He had long ago pointed out to-them the evil that wild arise if this; .were persisted in. After referring to the concessions that tho Government' had been filling to make in 1878, and their .rejection-by the Maori members, he said he had often urged on them the wisdom of aiding the Europeans on points that were not of vital interest tqihimsulves, With regard to the arrest of Te Whiti, and.TqhUj from his point..of.,yi,»w it was the action for the Maori race. .They had' not been sent tn a common gaol, but to 'different parts of the colony to see'what wa«>gob(l for'foth races, and what was going pri; and Te Whiti had nude this, admission: "I am surprised! I .never knew:NeW'Zealsn'dbefore; lam surprised ids asibigfaait is." He would "explain how the! Native Committees.Bill,introduced had not becomejaw, MrTomoana, afterconsulting Mr'Brycein' the.matterj. who : agreed to help him' frame a Bill thit wouldnotcanseanyicollisio'n between the. two races, went.to a'/prorafnent rheniber of, the Opposition,' and'they never iaw ;lha. Billf aeain. .until it. was before the House..: ;The.Government then'found it would cause two systems, two.l'aws, in one. 1 district;,,' and they' could! not,' therefore, consistently support it. .He, personally,' bad voted fcr'Jfr Bill. Then Lands Rating Bill, provision was rnide'thaiall Crown, landsaiidl^ative• withinifive.'mifes' of a '.road [that a- vehiole .conld.drive over Should pay rates, It referred moreto the than the South Island,,as there was more.bush here, ,and,the Southern members; Baid| Why should they give money to Increase tho value of-Native lands in theNqrthilsland, whenjheypay nothiri? ?; Th) Goyebnient,. looking on the Native race as yonnger children, could not expect .™#iw> Europeans, and had therefore Agreed,toadyance rates on Native lands; so'that'rbads might be made through had. only 'rated :: on/ Maori lands; within-five milesof • travelled rbads, ;! .and gave thorn'a'"v6ic'e in'■County'"Conn-' i .oili,Bnd;Highway.Boardß. The niemba'r''' for tbo Maori West Distriot had. also in*'

Iroduced a measure that the- nativei' should receive notice of the amount levied from year to year, and in the' event of their dealing with the land the European purchaser would'have-to pay the accumulated rates, The other, two Bills relating to the subdivision of the native lands were generally agreed to bo good, and the native members had been glad to seethem pass. The Native Reserves BiH, •was:important to both'■rabes, r Dal' k "thV riatives.-in the Wairarapa seem .to* have •strangely misunderstood it.' : The Maori.. TmembWdppbsed the Bill, but now aaw tlioy are % wrqhg.; ;The BilljOnlyapplieitoj •• reserves' Bet forWlam' ' .special districts of New Zealand. : The Maoris'can 'elsewhither they would use it or not. v I stated in the House I did not believe a single Wairarapa native would use it, knowing they would wish to .keep thelandj in,their own hands as they bad a perfect,right of New Zealand it might do, but it was for-thern to judge: .whether",they ■■ would .use it or, 'not. - : He could only say tup a had both, watched carefully and had see M no reason to oonsider that the Bills otherwise' Man for the' benefit of both " races. For the future he hoped ,with re- '' : ganUUhe Rating ; Bill- they ;wouid!be ■-"■■ "s!!>£. tp>lake their part in County iCoufiqils'and Road Boards, and"become one body with tho Eurqp&ana and assist' j*r?? a, >-'. onß m -?P : w«>i^ f »V6ui Bcli6oli. r '• »■?*•« '■'.: ; Wi ; M&hupii|u • ilwsjusta Jack in the 'boxfthe.Euronean'.up and the Maori d0»n..v.. ; '

MrJßeetham! K they wished to keep -up.with the Europeans they mu.t educate their children.;. The; had gottheir school at.Te.Qre Ore, and.it should.not be hw ■■*> fault if they did not get it at Papawai. /iWiiMahupuku: We havenointerwtin schools, only in Bills, ho/and others know about* the sshool k Papawai. (HereWi.objectsd), biit;wilh M» -1 Maunsell he .had taken steps to start them ?,; indifferent parts pf the '• district.' ■ 'fle ' beard,withpleasure what Mr Beetham had said. : '. ;..'", \"-'\ i ■!'.".;

Mrßeetham that ha oon« sideredjt.asmuchthis"dptjr; ,fo look,aft»R. r the interests of tJia'childran is the grown"'■" up people, ht if they wished to gat the sohooli they mutt show they were in earneat.and the Goreruraent Would i support tWm. He was glad to have'seen them, he hoped he had not wearied the'ra, .'and if tHey did not o,ome and tell him what they wanted, it n\ their, own ■<■ fsiuitf..;,._.,;... ... .;'..:,;,' : ,^

Mr W. 0, Bubhanari: It was not usnalf j for the members to meet"theirsconsiitu'eriisi : '''( so Boon after the'cloWof the-session, buY having heard that the effect of the Bills passed would be that the Maories would be; taxed in all directions, haring care.fullfgonethrough the Bills, he wanted to point out that the Maories had formed a wrong opinion. He had read the newpaper reports, and Mr Tomoana, so far as he could gather had said that all was for the Europeans, nothing for the Maoris, but except as regarded Te Whiti, he had, brought, forward no ;facta, only rqade;Btat ; ementß. Seeing that the Maries, seemed' under a' misapprehension : aftei! Mr Tomoana's speech, he and Mr Beetham had thought they ought to I'corne, . .aiid.explain:matters,; '/With regard to To l \! Whiti, he thought the action pf tjip Government bad been merciful, and '» 'saving of bloodshed.;' With regard to the ■Native Committee; Bill," its pro-; visions, had it come into force,! would have come into conflict with the! law existing.in the distriot. The-Maori-Committee could have taken evidence and •; given a-decision, but nof being bound tof' state the ground on which it was given, the .Native Land Court might have had at, 1 once all the evidence again, and perhaps? have reversed that deoision. With regard'/ to the Native Beserve Bill, it would only affect reserves existing, some.of , which 1 •. would be administered by. Maories sincel / vested iu ; commissioners." He' scarcelyi/' ■thought one in the Wairarapa would beT"" brought within the operation of the Bill/; The Maories had thought 411 '■■ Boris of] charges wonld be made, but the -salaries) would be; paid out of appropriations made! by Government, and all accounts would ; ■ belaid before each Parliament. With "' regard.to. the Bating. Bill the Maories. , said they would. havo to . pay, so much. in rates, they would have nothing left.' ■;. But the Europeans had been paying rates in this distriot. for years, had made roads and bridges, only asking Government to ! make rules by which each should pay his share, knowing-thatthe investment''"" of the rates paid to the Highway Board was ' a gdodione. \ The Maorii .hid used and could appreciate the value of. their worii. 'Thousands had been spent on the rail-' . •ways, arid, by them and the roads the yalue.of European and Native lao'da had. been doubled arid trebled., Hitherto, the • ■' Crown »nd Native lands' had not been rated; andasrogarded the lattor it wis only proposed.to rate such as lay within •' five miles of roads over which horses and oarti'ceuld travel, fha Government ; •ivoald paythe rates fur llje Maorjei, and the accumulated rates would be paid'by Europeans purchasing. That did, not' seeinHe beoppressing-the'Maoris; hut ■they also' said, Our lands not occupied by sfiiiropeins'will : pay.aq rnrich it .will aValloTf up their value.',The,Governms'nV : '■ liadlo pay, and thsy did not object. If, .-.•' ,the. were so oppressive to th'a■■■'-•'» •Maoris they must be so to the European!)""" and the. latter had been«acting foolishly forbears, past.' 'Where in the Waikato they- gotva..penny for their- land, ■'-••■■ here'they would set a shilling. 'Thii arose from the roads, railways and'iritroV' ' :: duotion of population Into the distriot, ' ' •They dl ..knew enough of him to hi' '■ aw'are.aflpr they had expressed their good ' •'■ of him at'thelatt election, .that he would ,'-' have been'ashamed to come to them '■■ if he thought he had, acted badly for --'"• ta'inihehst Parliament. So far as ' ■'■■* , his judgment.went he had .acted for the . best for thtfMaorii and Europeans, who eaoh' other in this ' district. He was quite satisfied this was' : thsoHse, and that hereafter tne Maoris '"■'■" would come and' say they had 'been mis-" taken. After referring; to the education system and,Papawai Natirel School in somewhat similar terms as Mr Beetbam, • , &». concluded by thanking '"' them ..for the patient hearing they had given him.; >7 5 . ; .-' ?■ - * '; .Several ;of! ,the : natives present. briefly ; \ addressed the. meeting,, and ;it was 11 ?°J?f.K before ; the customary, vote of thanks: brought its.business.to a'close. .i.'t'"

Glass spinning and glasj flowori manu. faclure is a very extensive branch of thi : Austrian industry. It. i, no f '- developed thit a petroleum'flam, «Li ; ' some ; 1650 yard, of glass minute, that are woven not only f Qr m!. also for ! ' brushes, 'far • . "?' . A%onian in California confessed to her husband on her dyingbed that she loved ' another and was forgiveh;'Sha:utimately recovered, and.he is- now suing for » ' divorce; She h<f condoned" - ihe,offence, and he answers'thalt if tot''' only on condition ;of;her dying, and she broke the contract., ',•■.*■•■.'?■ ■"••■"■;... Tin thVGare.datforcf ßruaaels, isK • 1 ck w luoh„kopt constantly, wo n by'' S#i*. ,J« approaches the extrelih • the greater the. : .endwyp tho:fanto>revolve,i»jmuclj ! ih more strongly does ihetbrakV r« tovpweoMV f . • '