THE NATIVE COMMISSION.
TliV TELKGUAI'JI, OWN COIiUESrOSDEXT.] Waitara, March S.
SIR W. FOX ON TE WHITI. The Commission closed ics sittings here today. One case occurred in which it transpired that a native claimed Titokorango Block. Friendly natives lived upon it formerly, but Government got them removed three mile 3 away, so that the block might ba occupied for military purposes. Government afterwards placed military settlers upon the land, and r.il'ereil compensation to many, which they refused, a3tbey wanted that particular land. Evidence was given that Sir D. McLean considered them har.lly dealt with, and the opinion of the Commission was that it was something like flagrant robbery. The matter will be laid before the Government. At the conclusion, Sir W. Fox addressed the natives, explaining the object aud scope of tho Commission. In the course of his remarks, he ridiculed the pretensions and powers of Te Whiti, and pointed out that by following Te Whiti's advice the Maori wives would he ma ie widows, and their children orphans, and, if his advice was still followed, their lands might pass away from them altogether. He scouted the idea of the Governor taking the least notice of the vagaries or words of Te Whiti.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5729, 29 March 1880, Page 3
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203THE NATIVE COMMISSION. New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5729, 29 March 1880, Page 3
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