NATIVE LANDS COURT-Saturday.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5283, 28 September 1885, Page 3

NATIVE LANDS COURT-Saturday.

(Beforejudges Brookkiei<d and MAift and and Ebeatera ■ ■ ■ wVegiveri on Saturday• in tlie>caee,;of' mi : phmemuti;;Nc).V'2O % blpck ■.'"■ XfM), aqres) ''eogiiged :;tb^,atte"ntioni of\rt&e ; ;,Opurt f, : for, ihevla^t. five woke. The judges,.in >anabunciag their •:dβdβi9lli^statβi^•th^■^ihβv■ca_Bβ.■■had"^.pl:β--,rVipu^y;pee'nilewd' Wiilianaefiin. j'iM, ,b'ut-'vthe •.parties) jJeiDg.-'difleatißfield v and.obtairied, jiiThe "■] clajraabt/VBjhitoto 1 .'. Mataiajbieedliervclaitn'On .ancestry .and occupation, alleging thatall land eouth of ; a certain line .belonged to Taharua, .and ' was properly.a part >of t Ohinemuri?No. 1,; and that the.'portipn' north of the lino be-: ; longed to hk anceatorTaiura.. The latter portion of; 0; claim.>was-;oppowd^by. Tukukino'aDd Haora Tararanai^qn^bfeha^ of the Ngatikiriffera, on the ground of an" alleged cona^Bt^'tlie^Ngatihako^by^Te Hibi, and undisturbed 'occup'ahbn,,ftince that conquest.' Mere Taipari and Ngapira opposed ij; on r behalf 3 bf;two ; 'hapue of the. Ngatimaru, alleging. that !i their' 'ancestp^:; Rplataa*:ana-; panga; ibat the: chief- 'Taraia'gavs some' of'th^ Ngatimarulland for f accoaip?iiy.ipg him in a war'to'avenge"certain , 'misconduct com' :' wife! The claim wae" ; 'alßo v pppoßed : in: part by Ngatikdraii'a aridllfgatimatau/ who claimed : that eome"ftf ; ,th'e e??tward.'.portion ot the ■ block iwas by their.anoe.stors from Ngatihako, nnd! tbatfsome/adjoining land had be'ei , given ancestors for 6erjvices ijendered. "Three,'clasßeß ; of claims were tbusset jand occu : pation,'■conqueSt-andioJßjfiipationj and gift> Aβ to th'e.qae'Btiq.n-;of c6nqu'eßt.i there was nodoubt the .lan^iadoriginally belongedjto ,whp by Tβ Hihi and fled ;tnoc(ntain6 M jtbo East of Tukiikino and : others'went that the Conquerors did not -teHo «ntif much later ."■■: days. t}tle by Ngatikiriwe|a"6jit.|iejground of;;conquost had ■ be dismissed- together • ' with thole'of tlid: Ngatimarii; and Ngati> w]iaDga(hapuß'of~ Ngatimaru) preferred ' , o*n : the''eaiue: i 'g! l ounds'. .f-The claima- upon . conquest by'and: gift* tcances- - tors of Ngatikaraua'and Ngatimatau were ; also r ,aa no "reliance could- be , "rjlaced updti ilie : evidencead.pc6d:;in ; sup;. !: ■■ ■•' port of Pourt was of; ; bpinion : Imt the Ifgatimftm had' pr'ovod-tho

jiaade by'Taraia for assistance in avenging the wrong done by Tukukino, and had therefore established "a claim to a-por-tipn-of the block./.The claims of Bilntoto under iherjiwM fancestors, ■.Taharua and .Taiuru, were next oonsidereil/' There' could be. no doubt; - "that Tlh'e) s&ufh'ern portion of the disputed land, as indicated, by the claimant,,had jjejopgedto Tahgua, ( and 'that RihitotO' : anci. those] whoiiif she represented were""entitled'"tb have' it awarded to them. As to the, northern Iportion, which:/ she .^ljeged., to - haveu.be.ponged .to .Ijaiuru, it m lit had hot'been'abandoM'WhebTe'Hihi conquerM the Ngatihako, and whether [NgatilaiutUj as. a rhapu',' ;ever re-pccupied .it/^thoUgh 1 there ,; Waß'°evidehce 'that.- they 'occupied ( .land ,along, tho, boundary-litie By occupaitipa the ;Ng|tikirifferV had established to ,a substantial portion, of the biock;>and -ae>it; appeared- that -NgatitaiurVhad lr Qccapied , so.me portions- jointly i w.iih'.VtHem; ,;'eitheriby, 'intewiiarriage, hor iaseemblageffor mutdal pr6tection from tlio -Ngapulii rights'' thus gained could;not he ignored, so ; that. Riliitptp heCd"establjehp.d■idrae claim 'in';:tlib northern "h/aif ±oi M'. block." ", The, .Court therefore - adj'tidgod-^-(l)'thnfc • .the claims Ngatinoßtau.would be 'dismissed;;i(2)rthat> itihitoto Mataia, : and; th'Qse':Whpni''sh6'reprosontbdj wpro ontitje^to idlland lying.south of ft certain liusV ; (3) that Mere Tnipara and Ngnpari .Wjhaiaphj'and'itlipsS'.pE .Ngp'iimaru whom i they represented, woro entitlodjto 400 noros of the northern portion; and that Hatftf Taflaipiii,: and;tlioae of, the, .Ngatiktnwerireprcsentedby hiuij wore erititlod tb/tliebalaneeofthe;blook,' ( '?''..•';;■;';_;.:'; J 'iJ'y r 'tlie present decision, Riliitoto,' the claimant has received a smaller proportion ofithe blpdk than ! 'under Judgo Williams' sho and , her friends' are dissatisfied with tiie;i:'judgient{; and/'pufposa/appealing agflinst'-iti m:m\- : ! : .;.- v./;;,•,;■■ .u , .. s ;j.ii.,