ALLEGED DUMMYISM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3691, 19 December 1890, Page 2

ALLEGED DUMMYISM.

Enquiry fey tie UnA Soar A. The enquiry by the Land Boarc into the alleged cases of dummyism was resumed yesterday morning, the members of the Board presenl wero Messrs $, W. A. Marchant (Commissioner), W. W. McCardle W. A, Fitzherberb, and D, H, MacArthur.M.Eß. The Commissioner explained thai he had written to the Minister witt reference to the enquiry last week and had reoeived a reply.. The correspondence was read as follows '"December 11th, 1890. Tbf Under-Secretary for Crown Lands, Wellington, Ihavejfe honourjtc inform you that during the course ol an enquiry held by the Land Board yesterday into the cases of cex.ta.iii selectors in the Bbuth-wesfc>Puketoi Block; Mr Coleman Phillips ina.de the following, statement;. *He saw t :Mr.-Blliott was.'present, %o Minister askeil i)i(n whether he had not any aunts, oouslng, &>., who 'could take up the land,i and he ; (Mr:,-Phillips) consequently ', made application on thesei lines for .'poor iecjtgflelp land.'; I Board to, bring this staiemeni andei t ho notice of the Miniate

am bfiCandg tOfaoknowledge \of your memo of thailtU irisfe with ieferenM/tb','a4stttommtmade.by;Mr Ooleman bythe 'Land -Board into tjiejoases*M' certain fees SoutlJl .west desiredto request Board fltalementjn- and to- say ))oth'aß to.-tlie daw of; the insviewy and to «rhat took placeifeereaii.: : 'M Phillips is reprfrteid ,to fa'a^e>aia that ?';being. desirous of aoqiiiring landi at fee' ; Dry '•"Biver'" iii etoesa of fee statutbrylimit of area; infoiimSd him ' com^t'enV; to 1 apptyfor, land in fee: names, of gelations j that acting on 1 feis,advicoi'and having, obtained' land of inferior] quality at piy'Biyer, bethought; he,! Was justified in impMng hisacreage 1 by acquiring some good land -at the Pukotoi in; ; a": | Kiohardßon had no knowledge thaf.Mr Phillips acquired land at Dry Bivpr until some time after the selection was | made/ortliat Mr, Phillips !waß;.inteested iii applications ;in' the' Puketoi until fee present enquiry before 'the Board. Itisttuothat. Mr FbillipHonce called on Mr Biohardson with a plan showing theland known asseotion 101 and 102 which he said were necessary to the Dry:KiVer station as fee only. practidable fenoing boundary, : as well as being the connectingline, between hia ■ Dry -Biver; selection and the station. Mr Biohardson believes he referred Mr Phillips to': the Board, Whi6li has since dealt Jwith fee lands in question; 'Mr Phillips may have asked whether relatives could takei up land, in which case lie; 'would have been'jinformsd" that; anyone amYtb sign fee'tojitioh'. and pr'flpaMsp carry put .the conditions was; entitled to do.,so...;Mr,Biohardson is, however, quite dear thai whatever, may have been in the mind of Mr Phillips he disolosed nothing whioh' /would lead Mr Biohardson to' suppose that there was. any intention on theparl of Mr Phillips to in any iyay eyadi fee provision's of tlio Land Acts.-r H. J. H, Eliott, TJhder-Seoretary." ■. •■■ After.l, hearing the-evidence ! 0l several lady ecleotors, 7: tlie 1 Board adjourned till two o'clock; ■ ''■'■■' : ;.' On resuming, Mr Coleman Phillies was examined, at, some, mado a lengthy BtatemenV aft'ei which the following resolutions wen Carried unanimously: J" It was resolved to forfeit tb< interest of the "following, sections :- B, Joseph, sootion 60; J. Samuel section OCI; H, Samuel, section.C E, 0. E, Mills, sections 7 and 16 B, Joseph) sedt.ion.l4jE. KJitfae section 15 ;• J. IV W.'Millsi' section 13; all in the Puketoi Block, fo; non-compliance with the condition of the Land' Act; to recover thi arrears of payments due, and tbrov the lands ppen ; at an'early date.'] j i " The Board feink i£ desirable t place on-record the laot that variou witnesses,' were'.'. advised, fiy.'.!th'ei counsel to rofuso.to answer importan questions necessary to.the eluoidatioi of the whole of the.! facts,;:;on' th ground that the witnesses would bi thereby, prejudicing or otiminatini themselves : iri view of futbreprbceed ings, and the Board did not for tha : reason'exeroise its full 'power unde: 1 clause 72, of the Lands Act, 1885,. t oom'pul the giving of subh evidence;