COMPENSATION COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 644, 22 October 1909, Page 11

COMPENSATION COURT.

•■;■;■■ ABTinCHI(. : PiyjB^-:B ; 4?s T ~ \ .. ' ■The Compensation 7 Court'heard yesterday , "a claim against the Hutt-River.-Board,-for- ,£639 7s. 6d., compensation'in. Mgard'to.'latid* taken for tho .purpose of erecting.'protective,.. w.orks. along the bank of tho , river..'.. His ; Honoris?:J£r.. Justico Simi'presided, .Mr.'. H. E. Leighton ".was' assessor for claimants, tho Mudgway..EstateJ<and. Company, Ltd., and Mr. J[. fl. Harcourt was assessor for the Biver'Board." '■"""' -■ '■:.:: . ' Mr. F. G. Bolton appeared for claimants, cud Mr. E. P. Bunny for. tho respqndont board. Counsel said-that in . 1903 a. strip of land measuring i{ acres had been cut ofl 'tho property of tho claimant. company, cast of tho township -of Petorio. ■"■• 'A;: stop-bank;, ha'd,! been built along . the,.' laud, .the. use of which . lad been lost-'to the company.' Tho stop : bank was a continuation- ofi..,protectivo,; i 'sv,orks.. .con-' strncted'by ,the Bivor Hoard'along , .tho banks of the'iWoT'to.kcop tho water back in time.of flood. An offer .of. JC2SO had been. made,, withv out prejudice,.,by. tho ..board in Tcspootito;tho •land taken.'",.';,■ ..•■■ : ■ ;■;)'.' ,■--;.- ; .-,v. ' Evidohco. in 'support of claimants' 'case , was given by,A.: L. Wilson: W. A. Gellatly,- R; Wγ Short, 6. ;T. London (land agents), and H. J. Murroll (secrotary of the Mudgway* Company)"' ; The effect of 'tho River Board's '.worter-• antt' parHcnlars: regarding land values in the -.Hutt Valley, were stated by R- C- Kirk (solicitor). Walter C. Cuff (clerk of the Eiyer'ljodrd) , ,- and; •other witnesses.:.' ~:. •; :''•'-.■''■ ■■■• : <' •'-:'■ The caso will come before the Court againon Monday,: November ■8; •■■:.'." ..-'■">- 'J -..'." i