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Otago Witness, Issue 3714, 19 May 1925, Page 7

In a patch of tar spilt in the Foxton Borough yard two hedge hogs, two sparrows, a blackbird, and a rat were found on Saturday morning. All were dead, and all had been caught overnight. A somewhat extraordinary circumstance is occupying the attention of the Native Land Court, which is sitting in Wanganui at present (says the Chronicle). One claim on which the court will adjudicate is that of a number of Natives who are concerned in a will, wherein a pakeha is the immediate beneficiary. It appears that the beneficiary was adopted many years ago by a Maori chief, Teke Teke. who willed a certain property to the adopted pakeha. The court to-day will be asked to deoide whether the beneficiary under the will ha 3 a bettor- claim to the property than have the Native parties who claim to be next-of-kin.