RATANA TEMPLE
ARCHITECT CLAMS DAMAGES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association/), '■ - • : WANGANUi,-This Day. Clifford Newton Hood, -anarchitect/ of Wanganui, sued Batana and Peter Moko in the Supreme Court yesterday, for £,250 damages, being the cost of. the plans which were drawn lip for the Batana- Temple, but which were- 'not 'used in their entirety, but allegedly used as the basis for another 1 : plan drawn up by a Maori named Piko. The . temple was eventually built' by tae ■Batanaites. r . ■ ..:.-. After hearing exhaustive evidence, Mr. Justice M'Gregor stated that there was no doubt that:.there -been ■ someagreement between the plaintiff and the defendants, for/ the. ..drawing ;of. the. plans, and it was also clear .that-thc. plans had been incorporated to a. cer-\ tairf degree in Piko's plan. He was not satisfied, that Hood was entitled to the full .claim. Judgment was given for £130. ■ , .6;; :,
James Patterson, a building contractor, stated that the temple, as. erected by the Maoris, was like a hippodrome, and the first good storm or. earthquake would smash it. .. - " !
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 9
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