THE ORAKEI BLOCK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1913, Page 6

THE ORAKEI BLOCK.

. AN* APPEAL LODGED. The Orakoi Rlock leases will cornfl before the Supremo Court at the npxt civil fliuingis, an appeal having bee-n filed by Messrs. Karl ami Kent, solicitors for the applicants. Mr. Matthew- Henderson and 'Mr>. Elizabeth C-oatea. Amongst the ground* stated is that the Tokaraii l«ind Hoard exceeded its jurisdiction in giving itr> decision, having no discretion U> Kny that the consideration ivas inadequate. The positron is pretty clearly stated .iv tlio four last clauses of the document filed, which read »■< follow*;: —"Thai the P.oard wrongly held that it was justified in refusing the -,aid applications, on the ground that the i-onaideration for the said pro posed aJicnations was not equal to the future speculative or prospective valtie lof the said land, and wrongly held for ! that reason "that the alienations tvere irot in the interests of the natives alienating: th-at the applicants, having complied with all ihe requirements of section 220 of the Xative Land Act, lOOfl, were entitled under sub-seetioTi 2 of the said section to certificate of confiramLion a« a matter of right; that the purported exercke of discretion bj the Board in refusing the eaid applications wa,i not based o<n grounds sufficient in law in the circumstances to warrant such refusal; that when the consideration for an alienation under the Native Land Act, 1909, more than satisfies the requirements of section 223 of the Xative Land Act. 190!), it i> not open to a Maori land board to require a different standard of adequacy of consideration, and then refupe oonJimiatjon on the professed ground that the alienation is contrary to -the interests of the neiiro alienating, beesnse each alienation, does sot coinplj- »tth