The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Saturday, May 4, 1889.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 294, 4 May 1889, Page 2

The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning.

Saturday, May 4, 1889.

Be just and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth’s.

The Government seem disinclined to give this district any satisfaction with, regard to the appointment of a permanent Native Land Court Judge. The following telegram has been received by the County Clerk : — “Government have every desire to keep the Court sitting continuously until the work is all through. This, however, cannot be done unless the natives will take their cases into Court; a great deal of the Court’s time is being wasted, Judge Barton will be allowed to remain permanently in Gisborne until the accumulations are disposed of if the natives will render proper assistance.” At first-this would almost give one the impression that it was really intended to appoint a permanent Judge, but considered more thoughtfully it can only be regarded as a put off. The arrangements of the Gisborne Court are now such, through no fault of Judge Barton, that the natives act wisely in not taking into Court cases of a complicated nature, when there is no guarantee that Judge Barton will be allowed to remain until there can be some finality to his work. As we have said before a faroe is being played in front of our eyes. Surely the Native Minister ought to be aware how unsatisfactory it is to allow the present system to continue, and we hope that no efforts will be relaxed until matters are placed before him in a reasonable light.