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No. 65 of 1881.—Petition of Te Hoterene Tawatawa and 3 Others.
Petitioners state that they are owners of Kopuatoetoe, which passed through the Native Land Court on 7th May, 1879; that they did not receive notice of the Court, and consequently were not present to get their names inserted in the Crown grant; that they complained to Chief Judge Fentou, and asked for a rehearing, but got no immediate reply; that afterwards they had, from the Chief Clerk. Mr. Dickey, an unsatisfactory explanation. They pray for redress.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the petitioners allowed the legal time to expire before applying for a rehearing; and, without an alteration of the law, the case cannot now be reopened.
[Translation.]
No. 65 of 1881.—Pukapuka-inoi a Te Hoterene Tawatawa me etahi atu e 3.
E Ki ana nga kai-pitihana no ratou a Kopuatoetoe i whakawakia e te Kooti Whakawa Whenua Maori i te 7 o nga ra o Mei, 1879; kaore i tae atu he panui o te Kooti kia ratou, no reira kihai ratou i tae atu kia uru ai o ratou ingoa ki roto ki te Karauna karaati; i tae ta ratou whakahe ki te Tumuaki Kaiwhaka ki a Te Penetana a i tono ratou mo tetahi whakawa tuarua, kaore i whakahoki wawetia ta ratou tono; no muri rawa katahi a Tiki Tino Kaituhituhi ka whakahoki kupu ki a ratou engari kihai i marama.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
I tukua e nga kai-pitihana te taima i whakaritea e te ture kia pahure katahi ano ratou ka tono whakawa tuarua, na i te mea kaore ano kia whakarereketia te ture e kore e ahei kia whakapuaretia ano taua whakawa.