LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8542, 24 March 1908, Page 7

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

THE CULVKSDEN ESTATE. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 23. The award of' the Compensation Court in connection with the compulsory acquisition of the Culverden estate by the Government for the purposes of closer settlement, was given this afternoon. The members of the Court were Mr Justice Denniston (president), and Messrs J. Rennie and D. D. Macfarlane (assessors) representing the Government and owners respectively. i Mr Stringer, Iv.C. (with him Mr Russell), appeared for the claimants, and Mr D. M. Findlay (with him Mr Cassidy) for the Crown. The owners claimed £160,037 as compensation for the acquisition of the estate. The President stated the award had been arrived at by a majority of the Court, and the award was to include all subjects of the claim in a lump sum. It was understood that of two amounts included in the memorandum from both parties £382 5s and £168 15s for adjusting mortgages as settling any claim against the Croivn was freed from any liability on that account. The award also included costs and also contained a declaration as to the land tax contained in the second paragraph of the memorandum. The Court awarded to the claimants the sum of £119,450 and' fixed the assessors' fees at £10 10s; for the four days. The award would be drawn up by the Crown. j