FENCING ACT.
HALF COST PROVISIONS. (From Our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. An amendment to the Fencing Act, introduced by the Minister of Internal Affairs includes a new provision in respect to native land, which is subject to the principal Fencing Act. The clause statos that if an owner lias failed to secure payment of half cost of a fence, from a native landowner, he may, when the land is allienated to a European, collect a proportionate share of the fence from the new owner. Any dispute regarding the amount shall be determined by a Magistrate.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2478, 19 October 1922, Page 2
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96FENCING ACT. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2478, 19 October 1922, Page 2
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