NATIVE CONFERENCE.
. ' (BY TELEGBAPH—PBESS ASSOCIATIOIb ' Aucliland, April 16. The attendance at the Native Conference at Waihi to-day numbers well on 2000. Mr. Kaihau urged that tho constitution of tho Native Land Board bo altered so that instead of two pakeha and ono Nativ'olmeraber there shall bo "two Natives ana 0110 pakeha. ; .' ■ ■ . I Mahuta and Henare Kaihau are supported by tho owners of the 056,801 acres, proposed to be dealt with, and tie leaders havo\tho co-operation of the various tribes interested in demanding that this area shall bo dealt with in the manner \.whieh they have indicated, whereby half of it shall be leased, aud only,a very small proportion sold. \ . Another proposal for consideration is that brought forward last year at Ngaruawalija to buy back from the : Government an area of land at Taupiri, aud there establish a largp papaldanga, also making is the headquarters of the Native Land Board. \
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 6
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