NATIVE LANDS COURT, CAMBRIDGE. Thursday,— (Before His Honor Judge Symands.]

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1354, 5 March 1881, Page 3

NATIVE LANDS COURT, CAMBRIDGE. Thursday, — (Before His Honor Judge Symands.]

TnE.GadifiQ«9b&Wfed»t i lola.mii j To Kume, in answer to Mr Mackay^ eaid • hoAdjtl nbt.Jsoofwof .ahy turymg' ground on the Tokoroa Block which flio^natives ->>ri*h»d to/'iaserve. •-• •• -'i ■> •' «'il i Mr Sheehan said care would tie taken to reserve su£h / gi < QU£ul,.if it existed, whereat Mr Ma'cTcay expressed his satisfaction. Mr,Shee|i^n s^id the Court h«rt npvr to ttocldo onhis application regarding the Pokaiwhenua and Huihintuea blocks. He would hand'inf 4ti& lret«f Sf those who had not Bold to ther Association. If a coa,clltsioa' i¥a»- ■ho"fr ?^peeafly"-an-ived .at, he "^WJttld^putT'tho^TfttHous' natives concei ned . inbo >the wilne^§-~box, and' (Jflestiort them Ott' vith Jfts T to %hUt '■ lhbtiey they hed va- - oeived fcpgitfiheii^ojerMmoat. nal'ves who opposed were chiefly those who had , repe^ved ,oiiqn^y. from --, the; Government, - wnile- thoge who acqujesced were those Vf ho got nothth^.'-^ " i w ''' * Mangakaliia said" that none oorf r the ♦ : n«fcive*!H3oViltt r to; the ""Association, because the latter knew there was a proclamcttion orel* the. Jaiuli ' He desired the Court to know that the sale of these lands was illegal, • (The Government) had ,~-»ot applied for .the Pokaiwhenua and ) Muihuitaha blocks. "" The Court said they now wanted j;o so , arrange . matters that the proclamation might be taken off.' •" I'A-i1 ' A - i Mangakaliia a^ked to have the Grovem- - ■ ment tease dismiflsod. ; "- ' Mr Sheehan pointed out that the duty of tile Coux<t was to ascertain and consider the claim of the.. Crown. There was an application, from the firown concerning y tUp 'whole o,f the Patetere lands, 1 After some further argument, <. (<^ MS-Sheehaa-renewed--the offer -made tne previous day with reference to these , bLockSjiand • ' ', ; . / f * -Mangakaln'a 'asked for 'an hour's Adjonrnirient to consider the offer," which was granted. The Court then adjourned.'

,0a; rG-assptpbling, Mangakahia stated tliat lie hart arrived at a bortbf agreement with Mr Sheehan, bub thought the adjournment had not been long enough. After a further adjournment,' Mangakahia applied to have the Court Adjourned till next day. X ( With the concurrence of Mr Sheehan, this was granted.

, i I [by electric telegraph, own CORRESrONDKNT.] '' Cambridge. Last Niffht.

In the Native Lands/ Court to-day, Muihi te Rangikaheki and Arekatcra and other influential { Ro.toru'a natives piotested against the" outrage committed at Horahora on Tuesday, and counselled the natives present %o discountenance all such proceedingsj and contended that no good could result therefrom either to Maori or European. The former said Atutate, by whom tho outrage was planned, piomlsed in 1873 that his aWrd would be bhjathed, and he was Tmrprii-ed at the course 1 c was now pursuing. The, ' Native Lands Court proceedings were protracted, no arrangements having bean effected with the objectors. The lattef were present in Couit, and were individually examined as to the amount they had received from the Government, and their vouchers were pioduced and e.vhiainciL' The Court sat till 7 o'clock, the Iluihui taka" and l'okauhcnui plo'cks. being still nndgj.' consideration.