NATIVE LANDS COURT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1666, 10 March 1883, Page 2

NATIVE LANDS COURT CAMBRIDGE.

TiitmsDAV. — (Before tbeir Honours' «- ' Chief Judge • f sfliWy&Wl n and ', Puckey, aujl.tliq^Asaes&ptyjl^grpwjm.) r Part Re-hearing in Te Waotu. {'The re-hwmug,>ot--rjpaistibfcrtho! North case was continued this morning. j The lirsV witness walled* Iby,' Dr/ Bullex Z was Wiremu >;HaniiuV» an e'vaugulist.i 1, This witness gave,' .evidence! to the effect that he visited Waotu -in -IS3U to preach the Gospel, and Dr. BulleVs clients Mere < at that.tynt^in^ppcupation of the block. In cross-examination Mr ySh^ebafl en*, tletivoured to refresh the witness' memory in regard to ljis having been dis- « covered giving ,falso evidence jit jt p^e- ]j „ vioiis'pourt in Can^ridue. This the >vitfiiess de'h'iedall knb#lß^&f.j? r '' «'**'« ftffil) ' The next witness called 'trp'Dr. Sillier was one of the principal witnesses- for th'o Ngatimafciu claim named Aperahama te Wlietii,' "whb' l! 'Liad been 1 'lengthil/^ briefed. After being about *ten * niinu^s'uiiirer' l e.^anii\/a«i¥ii-' ; W. ''Bu% ' was obligtil toliiUoni) thcCoUrt that? this Witness was giving evuleucc ,quite ditferenfc to his brief, and would, consequently, have to diop him. Mr Sheuhan declined to cross-examine. » The nc.\t[ witnes3 i called was(<a pur-? blind man, named Karehana teTuhi, wlio \* gave evidence in favour oi Dr Bullur's clients. This witness was cross-examined by Mr Sheehan. ,', t ''<„ ' ' .' ' '.hiA * > The next witness eallc(1 by Dr. Buller wat> a cripple cut tying criitclics named Te Aweroa, wlio, alter being under ciosslexamination for i\ inyf/ iniqut^s, showed signs of iudecision as to hVanswets. At tins stage of his cioss-examinatiun i>y Mr fshochan, one ot the paity, on whose be- - halt he was giving evidence, kindly came to his assistance, and putting, his ,aiai^ f round lus neck, pLOcecdcd to tell him' (a£ f far as the auditory coukl judge) what to s.iy. ' Thia'procce'ding created a (ioii^ideVablc amount ot merriment in-'Comt, the judges, themselves joining .heartily iv the mirth ujhiclL, the scene .created,. , Mr Sheehan, ;as a, mattev,, pf t coin&e, dc- , , .cliuud to ci;oss-examine any fiu;tjier. , ,The had, however, during his, examination by Me Sheehan, admitted he had visited Waotu before the Waikato i\\fii' t and found none of Dr. B.uller'p/ clients,, i^i occupation, and that he saw old rotten huts and signs of cultivation ; that he again yisi ted Waotu before the close |oi the war when \Vaikato pa. tives had, dis- f; persed, ti,ud it .was tlion.'ho fqmul.isoinq of Pi% Buljer's clients living, at the Waotu., „, , , Dr. Buller then cfosed his case, and Mr Hheelian, declined to biiug forward, any ; rebutting evidence. , , „ , _ , After the two o'clook ad jouri]ine,nt, Dr, m Buller proceeded to deliver, his, address, occupying the Court for ajpout aa hour , and a-half. , , Mr „Sheelfa;i. made his reply, which lasted .about twenty, ,im'uutes. The Court then adjourned until two o'clock on the following day, ,on account f ''of the tleath'of Mrs John Wilson. ' [ t

The Waotu North' Judgment.- • • ' Theu'tHdriours took- tbcir /seats at 2 • o'clock,' laccording tof.the adjournment of i the- previous day, ( v • i, i >i. The Court was well filled with natives' and Europeans, a large muubw of the latter manifesting much ' uitereat 'm'the piooeedings. - ilia flortdujf tlie] Clis£ <Tu]lge,; gave judgment as follow 3 *:^-;The subject of s the present, judgment' is' 'the' Wuotu f Block of 27,^00, acres,,' wlijcli has already been 'found ta be the' property of Ngati- ,, huidj'Ngatiinaihi', ami Ng^fijnutu'in cer- 1 taiiiprppoMons! "TfiW listo"of iianies as 'to eich of these liapui has 'also^ been' de- ( tWiftiiifea 'witJh" ' oiie exception, ' whjch , really 'coHstitutes' the 7 matter wfiejrewitl^ the Court as at present cojistituted'lia^ to deal! ' The ' matter of" ' the', .exception , refeiretf'fo'is' to 'whether ot'rio any ; ' or, all of seventeen persons for whom it was /claimed to have their games inserted in 'one or anotlutf'oFthe' fchWelisWHad any (fight thereto or not. As to one of these persons, Wiremu Te Whitu, his right was accorded by common consent.. This uiume r appears amdrig Ngaltiuhiai ' to the remaining sixtedrtj' tneir claim has* lieen the subject of protracted, and, we regret to ebyl to Jh&Judge aifdOA%e%or \yho presided in the •earlier stage of the case^somewhaj , painful; enquiry. f^he claim. set, uyg 'op, tfiefr, ,b'phalf, Ijs , descent f torn Ngatimatau and occupation, 'jphe descent is admitted, butjanyj i;igh't under it is alleged to. tyyf.fyfoMfo' tjiey or their immediate progenitors abandoning their own .people, and identifying themselves with the Ngatihauaano! dth«atr>bes, ( andiwear^ pf ppfoiott that % sueh^Hegatibli hi bonie out* by * tlre'evi- * * fact, .^a?>?)oftf fijtf/Shiiasi.toWCO^eAiititte. 'Although the C^ourt has really no conqern wL«fetiijWe r 4tfak.U I ttg«t?\o iretfer M&bsiZ tiain so called admissions charged against Araktfeft and , uideed, are clear that these, admissions! tetc proposetl'tb b'e? \ffediwi se^nfehhat lieve^r, -was intended* san#jwhfcb> t^w^rdfsn ds recorded with admitted accuracy by oir any of the lists. ],, M .,v !/f / f „. , ' | The Court then .proposed xo meet to- ,