NATIVE LANDS COURT.—Saturday.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4236, 13 March 1871, Page 3

NATIVE LANDS COURT.— Saturday.

[Before Judges Munro and Maning, and Native Assessors Rawirt and Hakewirikaka.] The Te Aroiia Block.— Mr. Hesketh, for the Ngatimaru, with Mr. James Mackay, juu., Native Agent, and Mr. 0. 0. Davis, interpreter ; for the Ngatihaua, Mr. J. W. Preece, Native Agent, and Mr. J. X. Hainlin, as interpreter; and Mr. Bennett for Te Whare Nui.— Te Pepene Paupau a examination was continued by the Court, which being finished,^ aruki was called and examined at some length. -After this came Timiterara, of the Ngaiterangi, who deposed that he never knew Te Whare Nui living at the Te Aroha. It was only recently that he had built a house there. He knew Meroiti, Te Whare Nuis mother. She lived and died at Matakana, and he was m the habit of frequently seeing her there until her death. She never lived at the Te Aroha. He believed that Parekaun belonged to the timaru on the one side, and to the Ngatihaua on the other side. Te Whare Nui joined the Ngatirangi against the pakeha mtte late war i the °Vaikato.-In his oroaa-exanu-nation by Mr. Bennett, witness stated that he never lived at the Aroha himself, but believed what he had stated, as he had heard it f i om those he could believe. -Pineha was next examined, and laid claim to the Te Km, a poilion of the Aroha block. — Mr. Heskotk stated that would be all the witnesses he would call, after which Mr Bennett stated that Te Wliave Nui evidently had made a mistake respecting his descent, and offered tv recall him for the purpose ot correcti.n but the Court thought there was no ncodof it.— Te Raihi was iccalled, and examined by Mr. Pieeco respecting his ancestors, and, in eross-exammat'ou by Mr. Jicskrth, stated that Pavekauri was partly a Ngatihau.i, and that he would have allowed him to live on the lands of Hape at Matamata had he come there instead of going to the Hauraki. lie would not allow him and his people to live there now, because they aio now Ins eaemics.— His Honor Judge xMauing stated theie had been "a great doil" of what he considered tree swearing" in this case, and on many important points the evidence was conflicting. He had a list of those witnesses whom he wished to bo re-ex imined, an.l, as the Court had sat so long abeady, a day longer would make little difference. -In consequence it was agreed to adjourn the Court until Monday at 10 o'clock, when those witnesses would bo recalled. Thuisday was fixed as tiic day when the counsel would address the Court. The Court could not fix the day when it would give judgment in the case, butpromised to give that information throng u. th« chief cleik.