ASSESSMENT COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 78, 1 April 1895, Page 4

ASSESSMENT COURT.

GRAFTON WARD.

This morning a sitting of the Assessment Court for the City of Auckland, Mr H. W. Northcrofb, S.M., being the judge, was held inthe S.M. Court-house, lor the purpose of hearing objections to the valuation list for the Auckland district. TheGraftpn Ward was taken to-day, the objections by owners of property in that district being heard.; The North Ward and Karangahape will- be deab with to-morrow, the South Ward on Wednesday, and the Ponaonby Ward on Mo'nddv next. Mr Gulliver, City Valuer, and Mr P. A. Philips, Town Clerk, appeared in support of the valuations. ' . The following- objections were dealt with;— James Beaty. Seafield View Road, assessed ab £22—Reduced to £16, A. Bell,: Park Rpad,-valuation, £7-rße-duced t0£4..; •••"■' , - '-. : ■■' ■' ■' ■ .': WjJ.'Jioone, Severn-Btreet, aaaessmenb £20 ; no appearance.—Valuation sustained. .-Annie Bdwards, B^rleigh-sr.reefc, £34; nb appearance—Valuation sustained. E. B.: Parsonsjs Synionds-at., aesessinent £60; samejKyber Paea Riad, £12./I!he Town Clerk raised a technical objection on the ground that the objection was not signed by the objector .himself, but Mr Ashton appeared for Mr Parsons, and explained that the latter could nob sign the objection! as he was away. On this Mr Philips waived his objection, saying he ( only wished to draw publicity to the fact that • the statute required owners of prdperty to sign, the objections, themselves. —Both valuations, were sustained. Maud A. Preece, Graf ton Road, assessed £70 ; no appearance—Valuation sustained. A. Sinclair, Graf ton Road—Valuation to be£S. John Siephenabn, Boston Road, assessed at £16 ' v no appearance—Valuation sustaitto'd. Charles WilliamßOD, Kyber Pass Road, assessed ab £24—.Reduced to £20. . yiravea Aickin, Park Road, assessed at £llb ; objector applied to be reduced to £80—The Court reserved decision as to valuation; • * EAST WARD. The following objections to valuations in the; East Ward of the city were then dealt with :— jk Batchelder (Arnold, Cheney and Co.), Besph Road, £110, application to bo reduced to £80.'—The valuation was reduced to £80., . Shirley W. Baker, Symonds-sbreeb, £125 ; no "appearance. —Valuation sustained. - 1 A.' 0.;. Carter, stables, Stanley-street, assessed at £44—Valuation reduced to £23. ■ - William Cousins, factory, Lorne-streotiaa-, sealed at £100; no appearance—Valuation'1 sustained. ■..-.'-.-: ,! ■ .'■■ ..,■? : ' : . .I1. E£~NV; Crombie, offices. Queen-street, issesaed. at £68';' objector asked to bd,reiuced to £47—Valuation; reduced to £58") Julia Curtis, ,Rokeby-atreebi. £116—R e . luced to£7s. "/MMi ::/ :* I

] Dignan and Armstrong, Vulcan % Lane/ £70—Reduced to £64, '"' Andrew J. Entrican, Customs - gtreet East, a3B6Sised at £136—Valuation tamed. • .1 " RiE. Finch, Queen-street, assessed at £170—Reduced to £150. W. H. George, Shortland-sfcreet, assessed ab £116—reduced to £98. C. V. Houghton (New Zealand Shipping Company), Queen-street property, assessed ab £470; application to be re~duced to £370; no : appearance—valuation susj Cainod, « Isabella Howard, Wynyard-street, asIsoseod at £24; no appearance—valuation • ■ V . '. ■ Mary Gardiner, aseessod ab £10— reduced to £7. . . . . • , ,"; James L. Lyoll, Customs-street. East, i £120 assesbment—Reduced to £60. ; f Dinah Isaacs, property assessed at £70— Reduced to £60. -