LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9434, 5 September 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Royal Commission, consisting of Native Land Court Judges Jackson Palmer and Raweon, sat at Ohxifltehairch last week to hear the claims of the descendant© o! Hori K. Taiaroa ior compensation for deprivation of portion of their heritage,? consisting of 100 acres of land ,ai Wliord Haven (nowadays Milford Sound)^ - upon .which was situated a greenstone o.u^Ty, whither the Maoris of the day ''antecedent to the spacious fifties were worif to obtain the raw material for their. ampJeniieints^ weapons, and ornamenta, , Mr Sheridan;. who represented the depMtinenfo ©reduced the original papers in coinnjeotdon r w'itbv the sale of the block/ and 'p^te^' out that although all tho^other'^servfs" at present in the ooaapaiion of the' Maoris were set out in the -title; '%©■• "mention whatever was made of the lOOhacie *eeerve at Milford., Mr-J, tPaiotso^. grands son of the original claimant, "sta^dt that' the * quarry , had . .been. r workeil J>y'ra' com.-' . pahy under lease jfroin 'the ''Government, arid had been exhausted,' ThY claimed £3000 . for itKS block.' and M^loso ! as compeheationl lor .standing out ol the! benefits; of theiothercieserves:. ThewCom-. mission will report»rdirec>;t(o the Government. • .'.',.,,,;. The .Chief of the, Health,,. Deparjbmenfc refers, in eulogistic, , ternMgto .tihe -, being made in j^^^Wf^^S«4i^i cines and piractitian^^aiw'^ cial praise to the ' Ifcttitude pt"4&£ rt %es' . class of ' iiewfipapers^in T eicluiKngf'' * 'doubt l^. ful" 1 advertisements ; t»'sbheT.teaaer from theix columnflj.f:>lt':is,riot^^eneißJly^ known .that* all r #efjpape*s f heloa«ing.j tol the, New^aper^PTO^to^^jjAfißp^^ have entered ., 'jntq an -.agrie^ment. > tip ex- • '*■ elude- such advertifiemeoits' • £rom"C'taetx' cokmiifi, whether- ifi^^a&? r S6fthSi^fa^'' law prescribing ' tlieih '"'or noti s '^purely' "in ' tlha interests of tte'commuinity;- ♦,' There' ji is' J no" other country in 'the world wheirevthus-' has been done, K and the sacrifice', as -byr.no ' means a small one, .as an estimaite^ofijthei , revenue, t refused by .one' paper, places 'it at JBSO0 f ,a j^^.T^e/ev^-of^e'/^la^,, of; advertisements specially a<idres6ed. to "youmg men" are' iiKMijlcuJable/'aiid?^ ' victims, of the outrages najme of i«medies 'f^ Junkifiawn * diseases" 1 and. afflictions' could onjy ü bo,<pbreuaded'.tb ' speak, the community^^.wbttidi'^thoj^jfi^d;; at the Tevelations. , The' tjHtMibiiQ.ihas.alT ways i been to dvsuniguish .^beWeenT -wiiat are genuine, and what °^»e' Jtiogaz^^b-^ "'' dies;' and the onl^ '£easable"iboin^-tiS M^ f ' suspicious aav^aMent^ias f l)eeQ^' sensibly adopted by the dleanfnpireflteto/i the colony. . ' *-i 1-. ,';'- „' Some ifew weeks ago (in affiliation- case was partly heard in the ■ Court, in which ibhe intimacy r-wai&i al-<<; leged to have taken place in Christ- c chproh. The defendamt, however (widtea , the Masterton oonrespondeht of the Wellington Post), set up a; plea. of. mistaken , j identity, and the case was adjounoed in order to. allow witnesses to be brought from ChristohuTch. On Saturday the case was proceeded wdth, a female ; witness," ' who kept a ■boarding house in Chtist- ' church, stating that she was fairly .posi- ■ tive that the defendant wiai a person \ lodged with her in Christwburch ai*the - time of the alleged intimacy! " A^ojaugh^ar r of this witness also .gave evid&fi*v.siba£* ' . ing that she was almost certain, on [ same point. They stetied,. howeTODry i;bat-; j defendant wore a "hard •hitter"\W'hiisfc in ' Christchurch, wheneas now !>her*was "wearing a skull cap. In order to give .wttoess 1 every opportunity to jnake. the .id^aiificatdon certain, if possible, the magistrate - aixLeaned the defendant to'don.^ a haavi bat, b but this only appeared to fadS < t&l 'the " uncertaonty of the witnesses'fpritibJßfpro- ; secution. Counsel for the plaintiff «ekedf ' permission .to put in certain affid&vSe as | evidence, but this was objected c'r to. Eventually, the case was again adjbußtaed' J till next Friday- to (enable 4&e7 pertftfts '< who mode the affidarite being called: as ; witnesses. The rjdeferidant; -ia fae. cvi- ! dance, swore .ifchafc £c' had neve> easd or 6poken to the plaintiff in. fiy life; €he - ; magisteate.Minafrklihig thot appadre«fcly"the"' J : more they went into the' case /^Be de^er 1 became the mystery; 1 '' $'* \ !y '' ' Mr Newton Kong adve^tise«\ 'toe "sale | by aqction of ' Mr J.. fma^lid ' take place 'at Kaponga sale ' Friday „ next. This , farm- has ' never' .fiflanr milted. on, and is in excellent hearer*'- '►Excep- " tional terms aire offered. - \. '/•"•..;> Blennerhassett and Sons' Eltham matt; sale wiirbe he£d on, ' Saturday. . -. ' A preliminary announcement appeaas tp-. day in reference to the Grand- Novelty. Sports to be held at Kaponga. oft November 9.'. * - Gillies and N&darns stock sale Will be 1 held at Okaiawa on Monday, September if. When you feel the first twings of- libenmatism, gout, sciatica, or lumbago, -send - for a bottle of Rheumo. It will quickly . ! euro you. All stores -and chenti^fe sell it 1 at 2s 6d and 4s 6d. A positive and lasting core. — Advt- ' .