TIKITIKI NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17236, 16 April 1930, Page 18

TIKITIKI NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.) Mr. Frank -Manuel was surprise recently to find that, his new soda .car had been tampered with. II and his wife arc .starting on a rici dairy farm and have to leave thei car out in the open a few yards froi their cottage. Mr. Manuel not Lee that the eaiivas which had been pu over the car had not been put on a ho had done. On examining the ea lie found it had been damaged. Th joy-riders had to take the car out 1 the road and hack to where ii wa left without turning on the lights and on their return humped the car :i the dark against, a stump. Tin “visitors” actually weni round tin cottage and found an axe with whicl to cur the stump. Mr. and Mrs Manuel heard the dogs harking, hit did not think anybody would bo si hold as to remove their car. A representative of tlie Tairawhit Maori Land Board spool three day* here last week paying out rent money to tho natives. Besides two hawkers travellers of a well-known Gisborne linn followed the hoard’s representative in motor cars loaded with wares that tempted the natives to part soon with their money. The firm erected a tent and so well did it do business that the stock had to lie replenished from Gisborne. Coast storekeepers may not welcome tlie innovation, hut surely it is evidence of the improved communication with Gisborne. The main road on cither side of Tikitiki is being top-dressed and the whole length of the route to Kangitukia also is being metalled. The natives at Kangitukia, used to wallowing in the mud, watch the work of grading and metalling with the greatest interest, and now are wondering when the I’nroporo River will he bridged. .Some years ago the natives in this locality paid close on £2OO for a bridge over Die Alotumako stream. They arc also paying out of their own pockets for the culvertiiig and forming of several chains of the Kangitukia road, near the beach, where the cream cart used to stick in the mud. The natives in tlie Waiapu valley are wondering when the road to the East Cape will he begun, as it wilL give them an outlet to an interesting sea coast, where crayfish and other shell fish abound. The beaches on either side of East Cape are hard and wide, and the longest stretch is over six miles. The road is already .surveyed. The Matakaoa < minty Council is pushing the road to East Cape from its end. and when the new section of road is finished it will be possible in summer for a car to reach within a mile of the lighthouse. The distance from To Araroa to East Cape is 15 miles, and from Kangitukia to the East Cape beach is about eight miles by the new route. The con! ractor has been at work on the big culvert and tilling on the Maraeliara valley road. With this work completed the settlers in this pretty, though isolated valley, Will have a fair clay road. For years the settlers used the bed of the Maraeliara stream as an outlet to the main road. ■Sir A. T. Ngata was at home last week, on the occasion of the anniversary' of the death of his son, Air. Aiakarini Ngata. He was also present at the laiigi over the death of Airs. Rawinia Manuel last week at To Horo. A revival in hockey’ is apparent. Three clubs have been formed, at Kangitukia, Tikitiki and Waioinatatini respectively. A hockey tournament is to be held at. Ruutoria in dune, when teams from Wairoa and Poverty Bay will he expected to compete in the Lady Ngata ALemoiial Cup contest. The Native Land Court has been hearing the Pohautea case in regard to the question of relative interests. The block came before the Native Land Court in 18,St! and before Ilie Appellate Court; in 1891, and as a result of a petition to Parliament the court is dealing with it, now. The struggle is between two parties, viz., Ngat i-Pokai and the Whnnua-a-Ilinopare, the former led by Alessrs. Karenina Tihenia and Riingi Karon, the latter by Alessrs. P, Kaa and K. T. Kobe re. In the judgment delivered on Saturday the court awarded the larger proportion of shares to NgatiPokai, chiefly on the grounds of occupation, familiarity with the topography of the land, and the lie of the land. The Hinepure section also advanced occupation, particularly at Wliarepnia, the only settlement on the block, but the court contended the effect of this occupation was discounted by the fact that Knrnitiann Pnkura, although he was driven, away by Mokena Koliere, tried to establish a ferry and occupied there. In the opinion of the court Karaitiana had prior occupation. After the Native Land Court delivered its judgment in the Pohautea case Mr. R. T. Koliere, objected to a statement in the judgment, wherein he was recorded as having misloeated a certain spot on tlie land. The court assured Mr. Koliere it would mention in the judgment that the statement was made in an address and not in evidence.

At the meeting of the Waiapu (Tikitiki) Rugby Football Sub-union, Mr. AL Hyland was elected president, Air. G. Mackey secretary, Air. C. Goldsmith treasurer, Air. <!. Nepia sole selector, and Alessrs. ('. Goldsmith, F. Manuel, W. Aforete, G. Nepia, and Wi Waikari the committee. The balance, .sheet showed that the funds of the club had me! all expenses.