Te Wananga. Published every Saturday. SATURDAY, MARCH, 1877.

Wananga, Volume 4, Issue 10, 17 March 1877, Page 91

Te Wananga. Published every Saturday. SATURDAY, MARCH, 1877.

The recent settlement by the Messrs. Wati UNKNOWN to the Kakiraawa and Te Awa-o-te-atua UNKNOWN yet properly understood either by the UNKNOWN Europeans. Shortly, it may thus by UNKNOWN Grants were made of these UNKNOWN who thus exchanged their title by native and UNKNOWN tarv custom for a h'->hihag ia :'<_■■■ granted '. v *' .> Crown. Before this change it vaa> •;;...-;,: fl ,-,..j -with the natives for these land-, but ;! < the hiads themselves were of great valr.e it :;■.- d hardlv be -aid that many greedy Europeans w._-re he.ve-rhu'- round to grasp these fertile acres directly the law irave them an opportunity. Once through the Native Lands Court the fir>t L-ual r.-strie-thiias w v .-.- i- e mevod. a:: 1 the fingers of the land -l.a;-k- 1 •a_a.i t< ••..-e u; - n h .> lands of the Ala>..rh Fir-- .-ana.- the ha-vitah'.. lease at an undervalue. ;".■:. t1.. : bbu.'\ - w.- .. induced :•• bay a ba_- ;• tw ■ , ;* a a • - •■ ■ clothing-, a littb- r'c-a a..b a a..e.a grog on credit. a:.d :".• :: a :.. r:_aa_.- v...- ;. ; ; . : secure the a an u:at wLatev ;■ '• :a?_d:t ■ \ ! : ; : '_\ ;; ... , transact!'•]:> ••■u>- >.f the n: -t ■:■■:.. a-kal !•■ :h a- - :h a the account- between tla- a;.te. ..■- an 1 •■':.■■'.>• -aa; .-■-,-■ , creditors weare never ret. h -red ; :. . ;'.::• al : u>:n:a ; was ever made. Upe: ;'..••- ■ a., rt_;:_-- ; h ■ by.u. '. . • fraud is ■written a- plainly a> «i b"- a..ah ;-.• . a tl .■ brow ox Cain. These ra ■■rt_:;!_-• - ul- e,v • b a. r • . the creditor to reeve ail :!..• •.-•:.a- . •' ti: ■ bed- . v ;• which these ir.i ;uiti.us i • d- v. .-;■■.■ LvL I—aad in n instance hav«? ace ;::.:- ■ :' th ->• '..-uts i <_ e . uiv-:.. although the mcrt-au'.o- ha-.- ■ :■■■.•■ [;■■■ 1 ;'. a. i . n. .:.;■ instance- :br e:_u.t ana a a native owners cav- -,,. ~:- L --a. ~ h.a a. ;■ - L ;:•■. some more clothi:._. a ..-.:!•_■ n. :■■• :■' ■- . a 1 . : L ..-. ..; deal nn>re cr^u" —'.Ids h:>t i. :..a.v hn-tr.>.•■•- h' - il better than pi">:s a. A :':•.•:■ - :..■_■ *aa- •]:■■ aea. ■• owners \ve: - '' t'dd that t:.-- \v a ■ vain ■ • :' tl. ■.■':" : r perty wa- _■ v.--. that tiay a:a-t ; a.- a: . . ;■ that :':.••':• land would [■•■ ><:•':'/.• ■■':. and t'n-y :h-:n>olves tut :a prison. In n.any b.>:a:.'-' - \\rit- w.;-- at against • hem. and e\ e/y n..- a.- . :' 1. ; ' aa ■ La !■ ■•. ;.:. 1 caj'd'anent r.sed: ; . tilee-t ;'..■• _.•;.-.. 1 ;■ -a : a.. lv a con vevaneo > >f ::.•■';■ -.-;..■■ : h. • :!■■.•• ••■ Driven in:., a .•■■:•.,. r. :;;ba ,-. aa:-;.. ; . d ' v. 1: L liquor, enticed by :!.•■ .-::•■:■ ■ :' La'ar ■;• la :' ;■ a. riour, cl"th;ng, a liitL- r:..-.a an . a. . -L _!•■•_.- . a. : them in desperatie-u < ':..■■:■- r .'.-■:. an 1 ::':■'.. these differen* - ■•■■■■ r■■ in 1 a ■•• 1 to sign what they b-ii--\ ■_•■: :■. 1 ■• :••■■•.:• : - : : ;■■ :a .- authorities to receive :••.-:.t r - a: ■ • I. ■_■-.■ ::..-. n-i L- - able document, waile in r-ality 11.• y %%■■•:■■: a. :_: raa.--feigning deed- . f c t.v.ya:..'. •. <'Tia.-r>. aaaia. wi... would n.ot sign \\a !•■_• f r. a. ;■'; dn their names were f .r.ge-.i t t !.•_•-•■ L •_•;-. Y.--. a:':•■:• ;■' there reniana.-d a ih-w wa ■ • wall :.. t . ■■ ■ ■.:: ■• i, a r frightened, ner cajededi. \> ■....-•• a.a... - v-e.n- • ■- w, h known, and wL.a-e position w;\s uo well u-ce-rtaiuo 1 :•.. adraii of a ho;e that ihrgery c: their nan:es couhi

| escape d--tect:oa : and these still rcmrvin outstanding. I Having tueu <: mpleted as far as possible their trans- ; ■'•':'ji:s these ; '. uaderers tliea sold to persons more ".• \ . ■-■; ie.aa.raiu at t:-.e dreadful machinery which had been i ['''■'' -i iii"U';;i. In the ciir.r«o of iinal arrangements | •::•.:>•:::.:.. eei:t parties began t- > see the diflicuifv e>f I p-' ;r 1" ~'' : "■■• ;!; - ,; - ' ii '' a l'i' :l ''i'-ag frauds which had •'■"■■ a comm■.:•.._• i upon the native-. The Messrs. Watt : \ Vl ' : ';; '-nu- : L-i'-'.-'i. a:.«L aiier much ::••-•..tintioii they ! daahy arrant-. 1 n> pay f.r the tw,, lh-cks named i ::: " v " -"-a -f i." 17..".0n n-= pur.aiase mom'y. aad ; ,V : 'V ~' w 'trd- j. ~ ; .-\p.-:.<■ s. be-ibe- uiving- back ! ''i."cics ■ t :,r. .'[ am-unting to about X T - _ > <) acres. i ipie puivhas-- money is r,f course to quiet all I tnc MU.'>t;..::> ..f title. The •.uiarniiti"S practised upon | the Maori- will be seer, when it is state! that the ; whvle of the purchase money c-riginully expressed !to have i'een pa'd to them for these great ■-•state- vas much iv>s than three thousand p--u:i-;-. We say ''expressed to have been i'---;. :■..-.-ar.-e a- a :aet tin- amount was made up o: t:;e c.anns mis-.; again.-: tae native- by their cred.tor—ehaim- whirl. ;h-- Ma-id- nev.-r h"; } a rhauee to •■xnm::.-.- . ■:• cuoc.-.. In iiuiih tie i\la-.as never g. a the ■_"■' '-i' '••■-••■■■•■"';• >.••■; V' ■'._,.,. ;> -,,, . ;;,.-:;;., ~f aia , , u:: ;. 1.. .-ei. la..- reu:.- ■ : :,.-• a;-, .per: ...s w.-;-.- more than >u - .:: a- at t■ - ',-:•>• : ..•• r -'a;;-. ; .t a,-,- .unt-. Ma:,v or' ;; . \> •■• -'.jaii. .-■ v.' •■••;-. ■■• a:ra ;■■ t.a> subyct. es; t-ciallv ; a' "■•'-' ' ' /' • "' ''■'' T : ::--s. which. ia the a'"--:■::•:.' ue [ ractn-/-. are -trivu.g t- raise a howl