The Poverty Bay Herald AND East Ooast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Tuesday, September 30, 1879.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 908, 30 October 1879, Page 2

The Poverty Bay Herald AND East Ooast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Tuesday, September 30, 1879.

Sufficent evidence of the disturbed and unsettled state of the Maori mind at the present time is. shown by the Parliamentary papers which have officially issued from the Government Printing Office. Here are subjoined some i of these which have been brought- before " the Native Atiairs Committee." It will be seen how weak are the claims which have been heard, and how. they have been dealt ■with by the Committee. Petition of Marian Stewart — Petitioner, a half-caste woman of the Ngatipukeko Tribe, states that the land of that, tribe wag confiscated for the dislo>£alty-o|!cei?tam 'members thereof. Petitioner alleges^ that neither herself j nor any .members of' her family were disloyal to the Queen. -The petitioner prays that the particulars of her claim, wh^ch she sets, forth at length m her petition, may fee investigated and *that aha may receive an award of such land at Whakatane as she may be foand entitled to. — That m the opinion of the Committee, the tribal , claims preferred by the.petitioner have been satisfied by het participation m large Native Reserves ■at Whakatanp. Petition of Mere Nako te Poa. — Petitionerprays that she may. not be . deprived of her land at Motueka, about .which she is m. great affliction. — That tne' grievance stated m the petition has 'been settled by the Government to the "satisfaction Of the petitioner, and that 'therefore na action on the part of the House is necessary. ,^ Petition of ( Ripeka ? W. Turipona.— pays that numerous blocks of land at Tauranga, to which she claims a title through ; her mother, may he returned to her,, and that her name may be placed 'm certain brown grants. : — That, as it appears-from the evidence of ■■Me." lierwlß, Staffer Secretary, NAtive •Depairttaenti' that 'the only real grievance, which refers to an exci»»»«a^ pf two town lota v ai Tauranga, is not beinar adjusted, the Committee do not think it necessary to make .anyispeoial ■ recommacdationon the subject. ' Petition of Mstta te Pbuaru. — Petitioner states ttiat' she had, large interests m land at Te Wairda, which was partly confiscated and partly included m Mr, f f JosiaLHamlin's pnrchasej / .She states she did npt>see tlje, investigation of these lands, which •were sold Byjter own tribe •*ir he* was residing* m Rahgitikei afr the time. The petitioner asks that 1,000 Gftßre^may-b^^et^rned to her., T^at such-sUght evidence as thg Committee have "been able to procure on the '"Subject-matter of thispetition leads to the conclusion; that .the: petitioner has. no aubstantial f blairn, of the nature ; set forth ' m the petition. The, C^mmit^e cannot therefore recommend the prayer of the petitioner to the favorable cuusideration of the House.

Petition of Ereatara R. Rangaihoro and others. — Petitioners state that the Government claim some land belonging to them, and that they want the thiny settled. They pray that a Judge of the Supreme* Court may be Bent to them for that purpose. — That, m view of the vague nature of the petition, and m the absence of evideuce, the Committee have no recommendation to offer. These petitions continue to multiply, and unless they are, for the greater number, ignored upon the face of them, the '* Native Affairs Committee" will have to sit year after year unceasewgly. At New Plymouth, at Uhinemuii, at 'l?auiahga, and at Waikato the Natives are all more or less disaiiecied, autl it is only by a determined eiiort and strong legislative measures mat these disauections so ruinous to the country at large will be suppressed. Can we expect m the present aspect of artairs to negotiate a live uuluou loan, and should this be done, can we look to the money being so expended as to bring the greatest good go die greatest number. It is with no sm«li aaiafaouuii we lea* <■ I r^m au omctdl souice Ojat a, &cii><<<i ol AgllOllltUiu, -tl to Ut) edliiO.lollod liJ Oaiueibu.y, .iud tliao * ouuUtwu i-«»» beeu enteieU nto Mr tne uuutun^s of this aohooi on me 2(>ui J uij* lust, cuo building* t» bo hn.da^u iv uc>.Da ; amouut of • conwaci, ■ x.l\j t not iii» 4i iuacuiuery tt.ua ououiica.o to uio Vuiui of £967 huvu been ordered iroin JlJu^laiid, anU luiuieiuenta to tue value 01 £dtiO have uueu pmcil.taou Uuiv j &iou IS. 6a. Uittt Ov.cn cX^Cli-.iU vii • Ul^ puiCiladt) «»* aluCix xlo wio aviiO'it sUuuiu Ut) I'tSdiU^ LO lOt-CllO t .U t >ilo til J UxU'J uext, tlie ouaid uuCtUo^ ou i>«iu uiutir.uu latluu eXuUiuia,aoii wmuii woUiU bo required iroui youtiia iiituuauig io cuki as scllueuCs, uua.aioo ou cue oiK.je.ta t • L»e ta,U 3 nt at> tUC bCUO>-l. ii>c i)Uui v havui^ eaLuuiiaiicu bcuoi.t. oin^, a.x .v uumuer, BuCli ol uio valuu Oi &Oo yvi aunuui and leGa, or, luuiuei'nuiua, Hoc boaiu ana tuition, open to young men Iroin auy p* t ot xNo»v Zti<uaud, conditions under wuicu youtua uau compete for the sclioiiiisuiuaiia,ve tioou deuiucu ou, and will shortly be uuuUaiied tor gouerai lulorniat on', vv e auicaroiy uusc tnis is ouly tlie bey iv mug ut a awriea ot Agricuituial Ooiicgoti, tut) touiidatiou vi wuiuli we nave so long auvuo<iLed iv tue columns ot tlio ha&AhD, and to wuicu some time back we uie»v tue [ ulteutlou ot tlie liuvel'iimoaC.