FENCING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 247, 18 October 1922, Page 9

FENCING.

NATIVE LANDS AND RABBIT PRECAUTIONS. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. An amendment of the Fencing Act, introduced by the Minister for Internal Affairs, has been considered by the Statutes Revision Committee, which has deleted a clause providing for procedure under which an ownor may. in cane of default 'by an 'adjoining owner, enter upon the letter's land to clear noxious weeds for a half chain width along the full length of the boundary 'inc. The bill include.- n new provision in respect to native land, which is subject to tlie principal Fencing Act. Hie dau.-e states that if an owner has f:iilc] to secure payment of half cost of a fence from a native land owner, he may. when the land is alienated to a European, collect a proportionate share of the cost of the fence from the new owner. Any dispute regarding the amount shall be'determined by a Magistrate. In making his award, the Magistrate shall take into consideration the condition °f the rabbit pest in tbp district, and the possibility of Jhe land occupied by the person giving the notice becoming infested with rabbits from the adjoining land if the Magistrate decides thsl such consideration does not warrant the receiver of the notice being required to contribute half the cost of the fence. But. if the claimant prooeeds tn erect a fence at his own cost, he may exercise complete rights of own<>r-<hip therein. Power is given to issue Orders-in-Council from time to time, specifying the maximum payment-; which may be claimed for non-rabbit-proof fences.