FULL COURT

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 262, 29 July 1908, Page 9

FULL COURT

WAIMARAMA LANDS DISPUTE. MRS. DONNELLY v. MISS MEINERTZhagen. , QUESTION OF'BOUNDARY. ! ■ At a sitting of tho Full Court .yesterday aftornoon when their Honours Justices Williams, Donniston, Edwards, ■> Cooper, and Chapman were present, argument was heard' relative, to the. unsettled point in connection with tho dispute between''Mrs. Arini Donnelly and Miss Gprtrudo.L. Moinortzhagon with I'oferehco' to Wniniaraiiia lands. ' Mr., 8011, K.G. (with .him Mr. Skerrett, K.C., and Mr. H. Johnston) appeared 011 behalf, of Mrs. Donnelly; Mr; D. M. Findlay for the Attornoy-Goneral j and Mr... Morrison lor Miss Meinortzkagen,

Tho proceedings were in the form of an application to tlio Court ; 'oii Kf.'Half 'br'Mrs. Donnelly for a writ of <«jjtiprari.;tOi,reiupvo. ■ into tho Supremo. Court."thoViepnct'..of,..the', Royal Commission defi|iwKt'i t K9w!wW^ a ,«RP.t; of tho block of 5000 acrcs.,Hf]io lcajo;p£,-'which has been awarded to -JlissVMoiupji'WiiagQnij under statutory which tho. application tho area donnod •bv tho "Commission coin-,, prised land whicji it'liad.np ppwtjr-.to > .iycludq.;' On. behalf of Miss Mpin'<;rtzljagon .i_b, n was. elainicd that tho Commi^ioji-liacl- defined..the, uOOO acres within, by...t.lip. Act undor which tho .... ... .Mr. Bell, in opening',;,(jho t lio.^ c Jti:?V Donnelly, said that if sought to havo quashed-.,'..wa5,-.'-mittod, a report upon ajju'Siciftl jngiiiiriC{l|rt'! ected by Parliament uniKtjSecUo'tt V). bf;'tlm, Maori Lands 'Claims, .Tlfnft snotion itself referred give effect to a prior 'report'"of 'tlio "sai'rib : Royal Commission. He r.quoted-sections q£, ; tho Act to show were liable to have thefr reYieyed bv tho Supremo Court.'.! Blpck'j'3 : . J a ( '.. ftoV jj,'" Waiijiarama, was; Two of tlio owners .Moinortzhagcn, but his clients, and wero ci'Aitle'3 th.o'. portion of the block,'ha'd iioVdoiio 'sb; : 'Upolr appeal from several of,.tlie partitions, of tho block known as.No. 3 a, ; tiio'Native' Appellate Court had abolished a reserve, cnllcd..tlio, arcwa reserve, and added 'tb* ; 3;a'j -Wi'. -S,-' !)G'' abros, giving the'))!ock:-.n''soa;'fKontagd:"-Thc: Native ■ Land Court hadrneveiv dirrded : the 96 .acres," nor any 'partv of-vS^rrNp-^o-Bj.-iiittT: which the 96 acres were- uowx thrown.-'c/rirdi Royal Commission hadJncludccLin the '5000 acres granted to Miss ' Meinertzhagcn 60 acres out of tlie 96 acrosj iChaviiig assUmed that thoy' bolonged '.to' tlio two owners" of 3 No. 5, who had oxeciitod leases to Miss Meincrtzhagon, and had to . his clients the- 313 acres. 'Tlio in law was that the four owners oAv.ijed the 96., acres -—that point was not' contosted^ani'that there had never boon auy'partition •ofet-ho 90 acros-or- any othor part 'pf;»3 a;.-No»«6?"ai)d: no ono, it was submittedv ese.optLlh'eLNatiyo.Lands Court, had to dotormino tlio ownor.shiprol iofthe 96 acres, and of Chief Justice (Sir Bo])(tE^.-Sl&v£)-, t ~.tfhS ivag; - president of tho Commissionhad-said: :t-hat the attitude taken up by his clients-in .'the matter was. an illustratioli of ciwsednbss. It. , wis hoped, to siiow thatJiis..pliejjtsilia'd.'fear. substantial merit :on. : thGirVsido. .iiThe.'; acres in question were, situated..2B : milGsVeastt of Hastings, and was b.eiicli,'. like Occa'n Beach at ;beafh ; at Paokakriki. . It lay" fiiteeiifiViDlock-Jta, ■ No. 5, ant) th'q sea. "Til6sigiimont;his"' clients of .36 ..acres out,,bf rtjio 9.6 acrg.Sjand .tlio inclusion of tho other 60 acres iihtliojl'ancl the least of which was.' ertzhagetj, was a matter -.of-,'rcial-:injuryjvaiid.-if his clionts could' defgat. it, u titled to do so. Tlio. flu^itiqrija^JaWi whether a Commission-;apppiiiledr.iiy nient to specific.-fiujotion-.ji?,tliisi, kind after inquiry, andj.^or^fio . report only, was subject to liave its proceedings ..reviewed by the was, lie contended, no d.istjriotion;;bet\Vben ; ' prohibition and . certiorari except;--that; prohibition lay . before tlio" majcing, pjft an' or^or>' and certiorari pwiliibi-'o tion would lie in the co^s,e-o^'any^pr.pceed-! iligs certiorari -would"lio to'quash,.,.-Counseli then proceeded to explain. that'Oie':-was: iit. a difficulty, because lie jpin the ap-.. plication for prohibition, and certiorari'iii oni»proceeding. If the Courfc'MliougJft -iVjiiefeos-'1 sary, ho would apply fbflan^adjoUriimMif»to f ' amend tlio |" (t ; -"^"j . Mr. Morison said, ~yp.gjf oj£. jection to this course being .alloiye.d., "CI The hearing Donnelly had.not adjourned until.lo.3o Jtlii37^'fhifig;.. : .'r-, I ''." " !