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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1242, 29 November 1882, Page 2

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[J [ UNITED; PBEBS AaSQCIATIQN | NATIVE. LANDS . ON THE WEST ■ COASTrf' - A FEMALE INOENDIARIST.''i'; : £.; HAwm, November 28, : Further prpgreaa has beenjaade by the Public Trustee respecting the leasing of west coast settlement reserves, he havioK conoluded an sgreemont with the leading aatires; o! Ngatirawuhiaki hapn, Titokowiru's" tribe, for tha leasing pf 2400 acres of their lands. The chief surveyor of.Taranaki paid .the work on the reserves a visit yesterday, with a view of expediting their worlc, ~ I v. Some fcouble arose yesterday with regird to tiie right of The matter is"to be s'etiled according to native eustom insuch matters, MrMackay baying arranged that the. leading, men of the tribe, with the assistance ; of Hone Hihtma, shall hold a meeting, and settle ;in his presence 'the rights of. disputants. While the korero was going on the wife of the alleged agressor threatened to burn down the house on the land, a weatherboard erection of four or five, rooms, and had actually set Gra to it, but Mr Maokay interfered, and had it put out before any damage was done. • It teems it ia not the first time aha has burned a house down under similar oircumßtences.