£26,000 FOR LAND TAKEN.
CORNER ON LAMBTON QUAY*
GOVERNMENT ACQUISITION.
[ B ? TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, Friday.
The Compensation Court reserved its decision yesterday afternoon at the conclusion of evidence in the case in which Joseph Henrys claimed £40,000 compensation for land taken by proclamation at Quinton's Corner.
Mr. Justice Blair, in giving judgment to-day, said the evidence given by the valuers, who had disregarded the varying depths of the sections fronting.on Lambton Quay in arriving at their prices a foot, had been of little, if any, assistance to the Court. The Court awarded in full compensation £26,000. As to interest, the question had been settled between the parties by the Crown's agreeing to pay, and Henrys' agreeing to accept, the rent of £37 a week from the date of the proclamation taking the land down, to date. To the assessors the Court awarded £125 each, to be paid by the Crown. The Judge added that the award was not unanimous.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20490, 15 February 1930, Page 10
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