ASSESSMENT COURT.
"OBJECTIONABLE TRIBUNAL." CRITICISM BY JUDGE REED. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] WANGANUI. Friday. "The Assessment Court is a most objectionable tribunal," said Mr. Justice Reed during the hearing of a case in the Supreme Court in Wanganui to-day. ''lts constitution is bad," said His Honor. "The inclusion of the magistrate is all right, but one member is appointed bv the Valuer-General and the other by the local body, so that persons interested have no representation at all. 'lhe whole inclination of the Court would be to put valuations up as high as possible. "I had a case before me in Auckland where the Assessment Court over-rode a decision of a magistrate and valued mud flats at £15,000, which were not worth 15,000 pence. Fortunately, it came before me in such a manner that I was able to deal with it."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19720, 20 August 1927, Page 13
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