WELLINGTON PROPERTY
COMPENSATION COURT’S AWARD (Per Preeß Asaociation.) WELLINGTON, February 14. The Compensation Court gave its reserved decision this afternoon at the conclusion of the evidence in a case in which Joseph Henrys claimed £40,000 compensation for land taken by proclamation at Quintons Corner. Mr Justice Blair said that the evidence given by the valuers who had disregarded the varying depths of the sections fronting on Lambton Quay in arriving at their prices per foot, had been of little, if any, assistance to the Court. The Court awarded in full compensation the sum of £26,000. As to the interest, the question had been settled between the parties by the Crown agreeing to pay, and Henrys agreeing to accept a rent of £37 per week from the date of the proclamation taking the land down to date. To the assessors the Court awarded £125 each, both to be paid by the Crown. “I should say,” the Judge added, “that this award is not unanimous.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 February 1930, Page 2
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