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No. 32.—Petition of Te Hau Tanawhea and Others, of Morrinsville Praying that members of the Tainui Trust Board be elected by the forty-eight tribes of the Waikato-Maniapoto-Ngati-Haua combination. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make regarding this petition. 27th August, 1947. [Translation] Pitihana Nama 32 a Te Hau Tanawhea ratou ko etahi atu, o Morrinsville E INOI ana ko nga mema mo te Poari Kai-tiaki o Tainui me pooti e nga hapu e wha tekau ma waru o Waikato-Maniapoto-Ngati-Haua huihui. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ripoata kaore kau he kupu tohutohu a te Komiti mo tenei pitihana. 27 o Akuhata, 1947. No. 20.—Petition of Nohowaka Uri Karaka and 73 Others, of Auckland Praying for amendment in the method of electing members to the Tainui Trust Board* I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make regarding this petition. 27th August, T947. [Translation] Pitihana Nama 20 a Nohowaka Uri Karaka ratou ko etahi atu e whitu tekau ma toru, o Akarana E inoi ana kia whakatikatikaina te tikanga o te pooti i nga mema mo te Poari Kai-tiaki 0 Tainui. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ripoata kaore kau he kupu tohutohu a te Komiti mo tenei pitihana. 27 o Akuhata, 1947. No. 17.—Petition of P. T. M. Kohere and 5 Others, of Manutuke Praying for a rehearing of Kautuku Block. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make regarding this petition. 27th August, 1947. [Translation] Pitihana Nama 17 a P. T. M. Kohere ratou ko etahi atu toko-rima, o Manutuke E inoi ana kia uiuia ano a Kautuku Poraka. Kua whakahaua ahau kia ripoata kaore kau he kupu tohutohu a te Komiti ki tenei pitihana. 27 o Akuhata, 1947. Waerenga-a-hika Trust Bill 1 am directed by the Maori Affairs Committee, which has considered the Waerenga-a-hika Trust Bill, to report thereon as follows : (1) This is a Private Bill whose objects and clauses will be scrutinized in detail by the Special Committee on the Bill under the Standing Orders relating to Private Bills :

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