Claime For Compensation

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 3143, 20 February 1900, Page 3

Claime For Compensation

-■- *-•-. ■■} Undefr -th^ above heaflmg the * Taieri Advocate ' baa the~f ollowing remarks :*— . Sotne'^ple have tffe/iftftiOiat they can make a; J? compensation "claim pay better than a -dredging claim. The Government requested 1 triat 5 the settlers who have laadr adjoining the Tokomairiro river shouldi 1 send in their claims for compensation in consequence of the loss caused by- jtjig -dredging on that river. The claims forwarded rather staggered the oJ j^ines DepartmentFarmer^ whose land waa. valued at £10 pcr 1 acre; 'sent in claims for compensation! at £25 per acre, ; the claims being worked up to this ridiculous figure by charging so much for the silting of the river ; so moclt tor pollution, a little more for injury to crops, &c. In one case a man who owned a farm- on the river bed sold it for, £610 per acre, retaining for some unaccountable reason some two acres on the river bank. These two .acres, are only useful for grazing, and are almost " ungetatable." The owner's claim for compensation ib only £1000 for the two acres. As a matter of fact the Tokomairiro does not silt up nearly so muoh or so. quickly as the Taieri River does, and if the Taieri farmers' claims are proportionably high, and they receive what they claim, a few bad harvest seasons-should bring forth no unfavorable comments from them, after, getting compensation for the loss caused by the dredging,.