NEWTON.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 139, 13 June 1892, Page 4

NEWTON.

| (iwrxhos. Uesher, valuer.) T y?,'W \ Morrison, £290, next St. George's H#l;, reduced to £250. Craig, £710, shops and land, Great JSortn Road. Mr George Keven appeared, and. said Mr Craig was willing to take £500 for) the whole block. Reduced to £600. J. J. Craig, £400, four cottages and allotment, Great North Road ; reduced to £o|o. , ' Blaikie, £200, allotment, Great Nf fcn.fK.oad; reduced to £175. Mr Duke appeared. _ f- Thome, £280, house and allotment, Gr|at North Road. Mr Thome appeared, and said that he was assessed as the) owner, which he was not. He had a chattel interest of £80 in theP«P?rty> and contended that was all he should be assessed at. The Surrey Hills Company were the registered owners of the property. The property was originally b c °ii? by a man named Roberts, but £200 of the amount was never paid. He bought Roberts'interest for £80. Mr Ussher contended that Mr Thorne was the owner of the property, and had control over it. The Board recommended Mr Thorne and the valuer to confer with the Surrey Hills Company anent the matter. R. K. JBaber, aa trustee, allotments and houses, Mackelvie-street, £784; valuation sustained. Ann Blewden, £550, nearly 4 acres of land, Cox's Creek ; reduced to £300. Andrew Bell, £190, 2£ acres, Cox's Creek; reduced to £150. A number of objectors did not appear.