THE COURTS.
COMPENSATION COURT. - Saturday. [Before T Beckham, Esq., Commissioner.]
Mr. Boardman conducted the ca*e on behalf of bbc Government, and Mr. Brown acted »■ infcerpieter.
, claim or nsax nxß.ut.Qk. Claim, £331 9s. Piripe Nahung* deposed that the property olaimed for belonged to his father, who has since died. He liy«d at Waiuku when the property was taken. Tbe pr- perty was at Maraiiai, at Waikat.>, and at a settlement near Waiukw. He lired with Aihipeue Kaib.au and others. His father did not go to the war, bat tome of the hapu went. The propertj w*s left at' the settlement bffore the commencement of the war. They were told by the Europeans to leave the settlement. At Maraitai he lost 6 hows, £2 10a. each ; 10 young ones, 10a each ; 10 boars, £2 10s. each ; 1 box, £1 • 5 fowls, 2«. each • 1 bucket, 3s. At VVaiukxt, h* loat two greenstone*, £2 10s. each • 1 canoe, £10 ; 100 pii<s, £1 12s. each ; 20 sows, £i ss. each* 1 buar, £3 10s.; 50 young pit;', si. each ; 40 baahiils of kumarw, at si. »-kit ; 40 bushels potatoes, 6s. a'-kit; 10 buihelt maize, 3". a-kit ; I anchor, 16s ; 1 horse, £15. He saw thg property when he left the settlement. He had one elder brother at Waiuku. Bia eider brother h*d never put in any claim for the propertj. His elder brother ha>l no claim to bin property, because be had married a woman belonging to anoth-r tribe, and h»d joined the other tribe. His father had nob been dead a year.' His brother knew that be was making thin .cUira. They were told by the Europa+n* to leare their property at the settlements. The horse wa^ left at the settlement, running looae. His father' had counted the pi^s, and he had seen thun himself. There were 171 pigs penned in a paddock.
CLAIM 01 BSHSBA. Claim, £24 Mi. Behera stated that at the time tho war broke out she was Imug at Waiuka. The property claimed for was near Waiuku. Sh6 lust 3 boxes, value, respectively,- 125,, lie, and £1 ; 3 testament*, wo of which were worth 2«. 6*l eaoh and the other ss. The book* were bought by her father when Christianity was fir.-t introduced into New Zealand. She also lost 12 pigs, 4 of which were worth £2 each, and the smaller oue 10s They were told by the Europeans to leave their property at the settlement. Her hiuband w«s not at the Court th»t day, beoau»e he was a 1 stupid old man, and did not know how to Bpe»k The Court then adjourned until Monday.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3405, 15 June 1868, Page 5
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437THE COURTS. COMPENSATION COURT. – Saturday. [Before T Beckham, Esq., Commissioner.] Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3405, 15 June 1868, Page 5
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