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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 34, Issue 9358, 27 February 1903, Page 3

Frank Parker, of Canadian Flat (Air fliacassey) v: The Canadian Flat Hydraulic Sluicing and Electrical Power Transmission Company, Ltd. (aotin-r by its liquidator W E, C. Reid) (Mr Stilline). This was a claim for £SO for damages to plaintiff's water-race and boxes. The evidence of J. A. Woollev, F. C. William?, and C. Faulkner (taken in Dunedin on 18th February) was to the effect that in October or November 1901, the company were constructing a race around a rockysidling. ISO feet above plaintiff's race. Their blasting operations caused the detached rocks to block places in his race and smashed his.flaming (about one and a half chains.)

The evidence of the plaintiff (P. Parker). W. E. C. Reid, and D. Weir was now taken. His Worship found that plaintiff sustained damage and injury to his race and Burning by the wrongiful acts of defendant company and awarded him £37 10s with costs as follows :—Court costs (Dunedin and Naseby, including solicitor's fee of £2 2p), £4 10s, plaintiff's expenses, £l, do. mileage £1 12s, solicitor's fee £2 2s. The total amounts to £46 14s.

At the Magistrates Court the only suit was Dawson (Mr Hjorriiig) v. T. Lennane Claim £3 8s Sd, judgment by default with. 10s costs.