NA TIVE LA EDS GO URT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1712, 26 June 1883, Page 3

NA TI VE LA EDS GO URT CAMBRIDGE.

SAiUßDW.— [Before his Ilonnui Cluct Judge M.inlon.ild .md two .issos^ors ] Decision in the Tatua. Tiik Court was crowded this morning Ly tiiitives and Europeans anxious to hear the decision in the now long pending Tatua case. Aperahama to Kume was the first to address the court. JIo would ask the court to allow the natives interested in the Tatua to expiess their feelings bufoie the court proceeded with its woik. Hipirini te Whetu followed by asking that the Government grant the ilaon agents the. same puulege in point ot speech ns European lawjeis enjoyed. Hia Honour said they were doubtless all well aw aie of the previous iusostigations which had been held into the Tiitua case. When the pitsent ia\ estimation commenced, and for some time afterwards, until he had l.iibcd the question the other day, eveiybody had been under the impietsion that nil piewous pioceeditigs weie bad by reason of the investigations having been gone on with befoie the land had been surveyed, and on the question being iais>cd it turned out that the previous investigations were not valid for that reason — by icasonof the absence of the surrey. Ha\ing disco\eied that, the next question was : What was the true consequences of the pie\ ions pioceedings '! One gentleman said that the fiist pioceedmg, and that alone, was of any good. Other gentlemen said that the second position alone was good, and that the first and thud weic bad. Other gentlemen maintained that none of the subsequent proceedings were good, and the only thing to to do was to cany on the present investigation ; whilst another party said the first and second decisions were bad, but the thiid was good in pait and bad in part. As to the different grounds upon which these vaiious views were based, it was not necessary to tiouble them. Now as to all these various views it would have been for that com t to say and decide which was the sound one, and which were wrong. But it so happened that each of the paities except Arekatera and Hiphini, siy : If you don't decide in our favour we will at once go to the Supremo Court and get an order to make you. Thereupon the court replies : If you can get the Supreme Court to lelicve it from the troublesome duty of coming to a decision on these points it would be very glad indeed. But befoie the aid of the Supreme Court could be called in it Wjts necessary that he (his Honom ) certain views on the mathat the soundness or otherwise should be decided by the Coj>i t, This brought him he was about to exHis Honour then the following "West. It is not court to ptocced JH^H^l^^^^^Bvcstigation so far as of in the judgment of 15th^^Bh, 1569, as <K Tatua West," but t^^Bourfc will proceed to order a certificJPwf title to issue to the parties entitled. As to Tatua East. The court considering the title to this land \ not to have been determined will proceed \to investigate it either on some application already before the court, or upon Oie that may hereafter be sent in. In tin meantime as to Tatua East and the part of Tatua West the court will take no further action until a time has elapsed reasonably sufficient for any writ to be moved for. I should like it to be understood thai in the face of the intimation that the aid of the Supreme Court would be sought in deciding the several points iavoived, I have no,t formed any decided opinion nor do I express auy at all. I furthermore put it on regord \vbaj; \ have expressed is not to he taken as a jndgnent of the court, or £s in any way binding upon its mode of dealing with the seteral matters involved should they be dealt with at its own discretion. As to Hipirini and Arekatera's interest in the matter, it will be satisfactory to them to be told that though my present view negatives any right in them, atillj as the soundness of my viewa will be token to the Supreme Court far dcci-

sion, they will, without expense to themselves, have all the benefit that may ensue. Dr Buller then rose and informed the court that he intended to move for a writ of prohibition, and for a rule calling upon his Honour to show cause why he should not give effect to the first judgment of the court, and to compel his Honour to enter up the first judgment. His Honour would admit that it was iinpoilant to him (Dr Buller) that his Honour's intentions should be very clearly expressed. He would not tioublo his Honour with a long aigument, but would go somewhere else with that, He would like something nioie definite fioin his Honour, as he did not want to be making au abortive appeal to the Supicme Court. His Honour had invited them to te&t the soundness ot liis views, and lie would ask on what principle he intended entciing up the judgment in Tatua West, if his Honour treated the order in Tatua East as being bad ? Was it that his Honour treated the judgment as being void by the addition of coitaiu woids ? His Honour said he was not usually aft aid of giving his reasons for his proceeding, but in this case he should act upon the advice given by a certain newly appointed judge, that was to give the judgment 'and not the reasons, as the probabilities were that the judgment may be right, but the reasons might possibly be wrong. Besides, it was. not fair to press for reasons for what really was not a conclusion arrived at. Dr Buller : Then your Honour will not go to the extent of saying that the order of '72 was good or bad. Ilis Honour replied that he would not. After a little more discussion on the question of time, Dr. Bullei mfoimed the court that he. would piobably aiguc the matter befoic the Chief Justice at Wellington. His Honour said that looking at the fact that the case had occupied a considciable time it might piobably conic back to be finished in that comt. Having tins in view, and so that the laboin aheady bestowed on the thing should not be lost, they would adjourn the hearing of the case, pi o farina, of Tatua East and Tatua West to a future date, &ay tlnco months. Mr Sheehan applied that on Monday morning the court should proceed with the southern portion of the T.itua block. Mr Hay, who applied for all ot the persons in the order of '72, made an application in reference to Tatua East. The com t shoitly afccnvaids adjourned until Monday morning at the usual hour. Vr.sTi.niJAY. The court re-opened yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. Judge Puckey was not on the bench as expected. At the opening of the proceedings Harry S^inouds, on behalf of the natives nitoicstcd in the piogiainmc of business to be dealt with by the Jlotonu Coiut, which is ga/.ettcd to open at Ohinemutu on the 2Sth inst, inquiicd as to what coui.se should be pin sued, as it -\\as not possible for the natives to attend both com ts at one time. Au adjournment of a few weeks to enable the natives to look after then 1 plantations would be vciy acceptable. His Honour, in reply, said he would see that no business was done at the Rotoiua Com t until Monday, when the question of adjoin ning the court for a few weeks would then be gone into. The comt was adjourned dming the foienoon to enable the lawyers to come to some aiiiUigcnient in the Tatua South case.

Wks'l 1 I\ j mav.s have a cm ions test fo telling whether a person hab negro blood in his veins. It is called the nose test. The negio has no division in tlicgiistle or eaitilaginotis portion of bi-s nose, such as all pine white blood can feel at its tip with the end of the fingei. This i& the last thing to yield to the white aecc3 sion. Any negro blood is marked with a nose the gustle of which is undivided, and the object of putting this pniagiaph in, is to piove that no jjeison will lead it through without touching the finger to the nose. At present there are five judges in England over 70 — Vice-Chancellor Bacon, 84 ; Mr Justice Phillimoic, 73 ; Mr Justice Grove and Lord Chancellor Belborne, a little over 70. The late Lord Chancellois St. Lconaids .and Campbell pi elided over the Com ts of Chnnceiy in adniiiable mental \igour at the ages, respectively, of 80 and 07, and the Irish Lord Chancellor riunkett at 74, and Loul Chief Justice Lefioy at 91. The two youngest judges m England now are Judges Cave and JBowen, 4S and 47 respectively.