APPEAL COURT CASE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 256, 28 September 1932, Page 8

APPEAL COURT CASE

3 P.M. EDITION

POWER BOARD VERSUS BOROUGH Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 28. In the Appeal Court case, the Taranaki Power Board v. the New Plymouth Borough Council, counsel for appellant submitted that the words “any adjoining district,” used in Section 282 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, mean, any district in actual contact with the boundaries of tho New Plymouth Borough. Legal argument was submitted to show that the word adjoining means contiguous or in actual contact with. Counsel for the respondent borough contended that in interpreting the phrase “any adjoining district” not only its context but also the surrounding circumstances of the case should be taken into consideration. The contact for the supply of current between the respondent council and the Inglewood and Waitara boroughs had been running for a number of years and the Court, he submitted, should hesitate before adopting any narrow interpretation which would make the contract void.

After hearing counsel for appellant, in reply, the Court reserved its decision.

An earlier telegram relating to the above appeal appears on page 7.