QUARRY SITE.
LITIGATION AT WHANGAREI,
(By-Telegraph.— Own Correspondent.)
WHANGAREI, this day., |! In the Whangarei Compensation Court yesterday John James Whimp, a farmer, '0. Whakapara, claimed £893 from the .Whangarei County Council in connection'with a piece of land taken by the council under the Public Works Act for a quarry site. Claimant said the stream running through, his land Avas polluted by the of the quarry and the' value W the land depreciated by a reduction ''/ road frontage, cutting off access to V? back portion of the land, and spoil- -•'■ building sites. "Hie defence submitted that the £200 finally offered by the council -was i|;eient and the value of the dam- • 'Mo the property exaggerated. j iic hearing was adjourned.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 285, 2 December 1931, Page 3
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