NATIVE LANDS COURT, CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1665, 8 March 1883, Page 2

NATIVE LANDS COURT, CAMBRIDGE.

TtfBSpAY. — (Before', thpir< ;H(subu,rs -' Chief- Judge Macdonahi* and" ''Judge jPnckey/ and< two Whaiti-Kuranui Sub-divisioas. To-day, after heariifg the only opposed case in the, sub-divisions of the WhditiKuranui Block, w hicli occupied the time ot the Court for three hours, His- Honour the ( Chief , Judge gave judgment,, at 2 o'clock. , The judgment was to the following effect* ':— That both Judge lVekey and himself (the Chief Judge) and /the two Assessors, after consultation, had arrived at the s.une opinion as regards the judgment. This was that the claim set up by the opponents" ' 6f 'thfef subdivision was entirely without foundation. It had been pioved beyond all doubt that in this and the, adjoining blocks all the parties","* including' ■ the present opponents, had accepted the principle of equal, ownership, in , the blocks.. Now t!hey came irido'C'our't', having' rcfiisetlUhe offer of the other side to seleot their ''own 1 !l4nd)wliewer'fcbey tbanghjt proper. - The' Court had decided that all the parties in the block , held qqual,- interests, and, therefore, the objectors,' fourteen in number, might now either take their interest in one block, or accept the proposal made to them outside the Court— faking it in a defined position shown upon the plan." He would, if they desired, give them until the following morning to make up their minds, as to the adoption of one of >' tWb 'courses./ Before" 'closing the ! -caae.Jie would like io say, fbr.'tuat'pur}x>se, that he was very much disposed to call upon the, objevtors r to pay costs, inasmuch as they hlad' followed ivp a ease which had been proven to be grouudless. But for a belief on the part of the Court that some of the people included, amongst the' objectors were disposed to accept and eftect n settlement, lie certainly would have imposed costs. He would, however, allow this case to remain as a warning, and would ,to all ( the people, on the Court'' that' 'in 'any other ''ease' where it appeared that the objectors put up a 1 case without sufficient foundation, relying solely on the chances of some eomjiromise being 'come 'to' for the purpose 'ot saving time, he would feel called upon to exercise the power vested in him <as Chief Judge, by which when these people who had brought forward unfounded claimsi or who opposed 'good claims,' would be called upon to pay, for any 'expense occasioned 1 , by "their ' factious ,dela^. ( , / it ,v, u t '• Hoera, the principal oppositionist,) then said that, they (the oppositionists) woul&aooept the' proposal b'f ihe Court to take until the following morning! to cofrifciaeW\i>h r ich f ' of^the ' J prop6sals they; would accept. , ' Several ' other anbppoae'd 'cases were theiVput'through. ' " '' • 1 'Ml* 1 Slleehan" appeared as counsel in j each; M' 1 ' •»• " .»._«■ 1/1 D/\ Bullet^ being unwell, tire, "Cqurt, ' on the application of Mr Sheehau, > ,who .mentioned the circumstance, , agrped to take the Waotu case tlie next morning at 10 o'clock. • ' ' ' ' ■ ' ,', „„„'.. ■ • .'. i ■ Yestjepday; The Waojtu re-hearing was, ■ bronght on this morning, before, th§ aivm^ Court. The .iviidine^ «f<Udpi WeriPnp.jan^^yiremu To Whetu alias Paddy Regan was r^ad over, when the Court adjourned until jihe following morning, the reading of the evidence occupied tl^e, .whole Dr. Buller propo^pd b'dngii]g{.|oxwi.m \two rabre vvitnesses in support of his Ija'se/ which is expected to finish to-morrpw (Thursday.)

,„ Messrs W. J, Hrater jwid >£& goffer a '^reward fot the\recovcry of five steers. * / ! tJ A poll of the ratepayers of J^irilarivoik Road District .will Uf- tafcon a>% t\\c Waiftato County Chambers vq Thursday, tb?i sth Apri^ to dec^d^ wheih^r a. special rate should be made' to meetcharges on lftapf 'Md'c&ktitf ftdads a^d, .^ridges^Con^uction-Act;*^" •"■ ' |S, f j Mr Jolin Knox will hold a clearing- buf sale at the Hamilton Auction Mart on Saturday next, at noon, to 'make room for, fresH conbijrn r , TOenfstr IThe|cJ\^ll be! nSies^veiXujochconlvm be provided.' „' ■ v ' t *■'■> Mr H. Poultbn.'late with Mr, Jfrl Heft-* fern, . photographer, having "made satbf^cbry , arr^OTra«nfefn«n^spfo',i?oro}nQficrf 'EisTness m \tß^w&ik9td '6rf Kfr ovftj'atScounf , arid wftj'short^