THE CARRINGTON ESTATE.
COM PE N" S ATI O X CL A 1 MS SETTLED.
Press Association. "WELLINGTON, Feb. 19
The Compensation Court concluded the hearing of ’ the Public . Trustee s claim on the Government, in respect to certain tramway and'timber rights in connection, with the Carrington estate. Carterton. The claim,, which was made by the Public T rustee as an executor and trustee in tlie estate of the late Win. Howard Booth, 'though originally for £5490, with certain alterations had been reduced to £1290, an arrangement having been arrived at on every point, save that respecting compensation for firewood and other timber -piles, and posts. The unanimous finding of the Court was announced ..by His Honor, who said that the claimant had been awarded £2OO in full satisfaction of tlio demands. The agreement entered into between tho'parties would be embodied in tliis award, as it was understood that there was to be no more cutting of firewood by the Public Trustee. He would be entitled to payment" within one month of the signing of the award, and in' default of this o per cent interest. The assessors’ fees had been fixed at seven guineas each, and each party is to pay its own assessors.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2120, 20 February 1908, Page 3
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205THE CARRINGTON ESTATE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2120, 20 February 1908, Page 3
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