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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1113, 4 September 1880, Page 2

■■■/..[^o the Editor of 'the. Herald.] . . Sir,— ln. last night's issue of the Herald,'. Sir. Rees is reported to hav ; e said at the Maori meeting the other day, in reference to a certain deed .which. . I had spoken to him about, that I had told Him that it gave nie^ the' land at Pakifcikiri f { where the.. Maqries lived;'' and further that I had said to him. that the transaction was a fair one, and also • that ;.ptene- ;I?itau,- had previously, informed " him that the deed had been obtained unfairly. "I any prepared to meet Mx. Rees ' upon- any. platform in the Colony and discuss his maladministration of Maori lands. In the meantime, however, I will content myself by saying that the PakirikiH Deed, which gives me tlie kmd at PaJdrikiri wlwe tlw-Maorics live, 1 -'and which was opposed by Oteiie Pitau, has been before the Trust Commissioner Mr 1 . Matthew Price. That Mr. Reea was the solicitor who urged before : Mr. Price the fairness of my transaction. . That Otene : Pitau's objection fell through,: and that the records of - the. Trust Commissioners' enquiry shows that Mr. Price is satisfied that that transaction in relation to Pakirikiri, is a fair oue. The approaching storm : agitated his mind. Mx. Rees dared not to mention in my at the • public meeting, the real grounds upon which my opposition to him is based. — I am, &c, .. '--M. GL CrANNoy.