ONEKAKA MINES CASE
(P A.) WELLINGTON, this day. Judgment for respondents against the Inspector of Mines at Reefton in the Onekaka mining dispute was delivered by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in the Supreme Court yesterday. Respondents were the Onekaka Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (in liquidation), the Golden Bay Proprietary Co., Ltd., and Pacific SteeL Ltd. Dismissal of the appeal did not mean that respondents were necessarily entitled to compensation in respect of any of the privileges which were liable to forfeiture in March, 1938. but it meant that they were entitled to have their claim heard by the Compensation Court, his Honor said. Claimants would have to show there that privileges were of value at the time and, in process of the mqun-y, the ability of Pacific Steel, Ltd., to purchase and pay for Onekaka assets and develop the industry would have to be established. It was not for the Supreme Court to say which party was entitled to claim and receive any compensation that was due.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 294, 12 December 1942, Page 6
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