NATIVE LANDS COURT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1662, 1 March 1883, Page 2

NATIVE LANDS COURT CAMBRIDGE.

QTi^^B^A^.-rf-C^efore,; slThMr „ Hpnour/jf 1 Chief Judge MacDouald, Judge ? Williams, Judge' f/I Puekey, and two ! ment Effected, ff (vtf lfaWng^aNthaHe^ fclie prev^^dg^t^e^^ .^mcd at i 9.30 this morning. lo^u'ening theproceedincs. Hi§ Bonpnr jthe^CHler Judge saW'bef oFeHhfe %aotu lease was called he, wished to make a few remarks to the Court. In the first place h^h'a^beTSffr^ftMted^Jttdgft'Williamss to ask if any^hingOhad resulted from any intermediate negotiations since tho Cjoupkliad.beejn^adiqurn^d pq. t}\e previouff clay. ' Hi i Mr Sbeehaii' and , Df. ,B,uHer,jbQth rejplied that nothing had beeu effected in itlie way of -a' settlement' that, they were |aware of. } His Honour tli'e' Chief Judge then informed the Court of what he understood (to 'be/thy point itpoli which His I Hondtin i Judge WUfarcs f and. jthe Assessor »h!id' disagreed thft-l^g'mbn^'Th'at being (done? Certainly, ltwaa quite open for j them tso leave 1 the 'caseiii the sahie'u infor/jtunate position in which the Te Whetu ' hid oeW&f t J Biit astern'os lie" was corfI corned he did npt intend' this to be thY (Whetu case— that •fchfrrp'oiift as to thy" i admission of the s.iK-lieen or seventeen* ! names into the. block, , should} ba left fc£ (be adjudicated 'upon^ by WMftPTuckey land himself, they taking the place Qf ; Judge "tVillibineC. ' r | ' Dr. Buller was .perfectly^ .Willing thsit ,the mattei''sK6uld r oe'takeVoveMby their Honours, 'if he tolearly tfnderatood that they would examine into the rights of the j scventeen.perSona whose rightof admission jinto the block Jiadt beent dispute'dji . He. | could not, howeve~, consent to any , course whatever which 1 would tend in~a#jr i way to injuriously affect the interests? of \ his, clients.7 r Twicre/.dVer \ t?hje Cont^b /li*d I entertained the clajju pt tlie ( seventeen who were now sought' 'to be, rejected, and ' twice over the Gburt'had taken Evidence on their, behalf. - ! ■ Hr^ Hoiiour,' the Chief Judge, said jhe 1 sole question -wa^ whetlier these seventeen ' persons 'or ttt<f JMJ M thetn ' Vede ' ehtitffid to be adtnitteri-into one list. , ' | r ■ ( 1 Dr. Buller was afraid it had not been narrowed,down to that issue. , They did 1 not know whether Judge Williams and th6t4sßessor had agreed ,or disagreed on that point, or'nofc, „'Hfi was very anxiqufl for an immediate/ 'sqttlementj of the matter, and would do all in his power to effect a settlement.,' „,,»,., ,m „ ', , v * His .Honour the ,Chief Judge thought the point 'mignt be,' that .wliilat it turned out that these seventeen' peVsb'ns' nad really no right on any of the lists of tlje other , tribes, it stilr-fiught be^, a fact.thifc tliey might nnave\ y e a l'jglit to have a list of tlJir owfaO asia; tor frlbeV) Dr. Buller t s"aid sa'B' a inlatter of fact some seven qr, eight of the mames were already on lists. /IHisHbn'orlthb Chief Judge: Tli'erf it is simply a question of whether ttfeie parties %f rihy 6f tiieiii "entitled -to m with auy pt'ue,r lists., ;1 Will/,tbo Court now agree to tjhe case .being, adjudicated upon bv Judge Puckey and myself. Dr. Buller replied that as far as he was" concerned he was willing if their Honours were prepared tq go into the question ps to ' whether these sixteen or seventeen, persons were entitled to be admitted into the lists as part owners of tho estate. Mr tSheehjm,! said ( the, only question before the (3ourt then was, whether these people should go into the Ngatimaihi list or not as part owners of the estate. He was agreeable ,^hat the. Court should make the fullest pbssible enquiries. His Honour ihe Chief Judge then stated to the Court that for the purpose of arriving at a conclusion iv the case before. the Court", or rather, for the ,purpose df' advancing it 'a step' nearer \6 a conclusion, it had been agreed that Judge Williams })>'o forma, shbuld oononr in the judgment of the Assessor^ ,The judgment would thereupon go excluding ,the six-t teen names. Dr. , Buller, he assumed,' could in that case apply for a re-hearing on behalf of his clients'..' ' „ " " ' ' ' „ His Honour Judge 1 Williams said he Ji'a'cl'had some conversation with the chief judge, an'd he had' been' 'kiri'd' enough to offer the suggestion made by him 7 with 'a view towards facilitating the close of the case. He had waved his own opinion as to the question of these sixteen names beftig admitted or not, and pro foruia he agreM with the a-asesspr that these sixteen names should not be admitted into the list of Ngatiriiaihi. His opinion was, from the,' evidence adduced, that the natives who had shown ancestral claims and occupation, six of them' in number, should be admitted,' into the Ngatimaihi list. Hia sidiug \vith the assessor wouls enable parties now io proceed with "the business so as to, , close ' the case as'th'e Chief JuYlge 'had already suggested. Dr. Buller if he felt'a'ggrieved would be able to apply for a rehearing on this particular question — the' question of 'these 'naih/s. The Chief Judge had also said that if a rehearing Was 1 applied' for the case 1 would be 'heard' during tlie present sitting of the Court.- \ •..•('• ■; , . >T • r 'Mr Sheehah having addressed ''ihe Court as to the' subdivision" cases,"' Dr. Bnllei'Jappliod'bn behalf 1 of his clients, who ought to be admitted into the estate as owners, for a rehearing as to their riglit IW be admitted into' M ' Wabtn block. Ihaka Marino" also applied' on. behnlf of Ngaijitenri for a Vehar,ing ( in the /W^otji block,! **?• ■ 1 application the Chief Judge replied | tl^at, if tlie' made it 1 in*the usual manner'! iijwo^ld be considered. \ Mr, Hay then made an application to the,'Courti»&one,of 'the succession fcases whjch , was opposed. >,•. i ? ,.At thdj suggestion of i the, Chief Judge, it was agreed that the hours' of- sitting sboujd,be altefed/to,j from 9 a.m. ;till 1 p.m. ; ant) <f/om 2 .p,m. , to 5 , p. m. / , The ' Court then adjourned -mtUl -2 o'clock.