CITY BUILDING BY-LAW.
FAILURE TO PROVE BREACH. A reserved decision by Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., iu an action against tho Auckland Gas Company in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. The company was charged with having added to and altered a building without having previously obtained a permit as required by the Auckland City by-laws. The magistrate said that he felt satisfied that the work done was not an alteration nor nn addition to an existing building. The iron roof of the building was removed and a roof of asbestos fibre was substituted. The design of the roof was not altered, and the main supports, which are of steel, and the original rafters were not altered. Some additional purlins may havo been added, but no structural altera-' tion was made. 'As there was no suggestion of any defective workmanship or of any deliberate intention on the part of the company to ignore the council's bylaws, the magistrate did not think it necessary 1 to suggest an amendment of tho information. He merely held that the work done was not an alteration nor an addition to a building within tho meaning of the by-law.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17973, 24 December 1921, Page 5
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