Untitled

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 198, 21 August 1919, Page 7

A claim nml counter-claim came hefoiv Mr. .1. \V. I'oyntoii. S.M.. in tlic -Mapist rate's Court this morning. The plaintiff was h labourer named ('. H. l'o\ ( Mr. •I. \V. nieksoni who nought to recover; £:!:■> lii/S from (i. \V. Allsop (Mr. Mow-. lem) for work doiii" on defendant 1 !? farm at Awliitil. The counter-claim was for! £3.1 S'li for damage iillpfred to have been \ done owing to a boat being left oiii of the shed, ami other matters specified. ; His Worship gave judgment for the plaintiff for .C2S 4/11, with costs, and for tlie defendant on I he cniintcr claitn i for Ci::-2/(>. Mr. I'oynton l\elfl that the] boat should have been put in the shed. I A deputation of the Returned Soldiers' Association waited on the North Auckland Land Board yesterday afternoon, and made the' allegation that certain land agents had disseminated incorrect information regarding assistance to returned soldiers for the purchase of property. It "as pointed out that a numher of eases had been reported to the Association where land agents had in- : formed soldiers that it would be ins- j possible for them to obtain a grant under the Discharged Soldiers' Settle- ! ment Act until they were prepared to I pay a substantial deposit on properties ' they were intending to purchase. The result was that returned men failed to. ; take advantage of the land bureau of i the Association, and a serious slur we cast, not only on the Association, but on the Land Board's administration of the Act. The Commissioner (Mr. H. P. fireville) said it wa» absolutely untrue that the soldiers had to pay a deposit before their application* could be considered. As a matter of fact, if there was one proposition that the Board did not like it was when a deposit had been paid, because if the Board did not give its approval the soldier stood to iose his money. All the j soldier had to do was to pet an option, and if the valuation was satisfactry. the transaction would be approved at once.