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which *" ° ther " B " n,b " 1 ° f the C ™ttee will be confined to the statement KSts,^ opposing side ' %apipi Reweti ' any uestion to - k? witness'oteSTa7ra? W^L iS offici r r ame? Ngapipi Reweti : Have you any questions to ask the witness Utene Paora?—lhe official paragraph m the petition of the petitioners states that this petition is put forward by himself and others, thirteen in number. I want to ask him what are £i n C™ IrSS hlrt6en PerSOnS - Are PerSODS jomed * the or° ptsonToSi^of will " " """" * SUC ~ '° H ° ri Winiata > as *• Committee i j The petitioner asked the Committee to uphold the decision W ft.Sff,M , S n °T , Judge MaoCo ™ ic k- MacCormick was a lawyer. This Mac T,Hio;'M°p Say M Udg !, MacCormick made no altHatim the award from 1869 right down? he says that he discovered that much injustice had been done The Court » lit half-share, and hapus having rights to Orakei are Te Taou N<*oho and Te Urinmir,, w„ a j-j m y teaotawhirangi obtain any right to be included, as "u contenTTn'he Orlkef&ckf ? to that, sir, I ask to be allowed to read an extract from „ aZS.L ™e, urafcei Block?—In reply Decision-Book 2, Maki, and Te Wheoro ptragrapStt ToTlowT"'Th^ 9 *""? Maki is more doubtful. He does not appear to have lived with Anihnl ' , ° T Se ° f years, and his claim apparently is in no'way ilrioT to Paerimu except °l intermarry with Anihai's trih P n« TT„t„vr. t>„„„ • in " c * llllu >. except mat nis lather did not Ernena Paerimu, the o aimant was Ski ofTn r t * wh ° gave birth to which Toukararai, whose name was 0 * t0 will find that judgment in Orakei Minute-book No 2 TW ■ ' P °, nt ° Ut tllat y ou in the year 1869 the right of TitokiwarecogLe by theCourt 7ITZ ° f qUeSti ° n < th&t Te Urtoteaotawhirangi. If the Chairman wfll permit me to do I I T™? from Na r tivfLa P^ourr dgment * ~ * *■* ™ The Chairman: We have it here d^»S^^^7^° l SX3nS on '' Mr - Chairraan ' t0 ask thG petit —> but i Otene y to?a~tW° U ** & t0 d ° *° meantime the Committee will ask 6. Mr. /W«.] Is the Uruamo family descended from Toukararai ?-Ye S l. lour petition says that the two hapus were T« t„' j xt Court find in favour of these the original ' fnd'l think vo7d J° U r y the WOCk "" ° riginally --tigated tl, 69?-S ' y. And I think you defended the petition in 1873?—Yes 10. What year was it in which the first petitions' were Dresentorl tn th» w •, * to the original title?—l9o4 But Poata rTr,,. mn TJ presented to the House with reference Equitable Owners Act. L Uam ° made a PP llcat ion in the year 1891 under the missedVs'dainT ** a PP licat ion, anyhow, under that Act, and the Court dis--12. And the Court threw out his claim?—Yes. 13. Do you know on what grounds?—Well th*> rv.nT.i- i,„i/i *v x j.v. x under the provisions of the Equitable OwnersAct *** a PP ll(Jatlon did not lie