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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1756, 1 November 1905, Page 54

In Chambers last Wednesday., his Honor the Chief Justice heard an ex parte application for an intei'im injunction in the case of Levien v. Brown. Mr Myers appeared for the plaintiff, Sydney David Levien, flaxmiller, of Waikanae, who asked that the defendant Arthur Archibald Brown, sheepfarmer, of the same district, should be restrained from using certain machine plant, or cutting flax upon certain lands in the neighbourhood. His Honor granted the interim injunction, as prayed. The Sydney City Surveyor, in reporting on an experiment made with oil for dust-laying purposes, stated:—“ltappears that oil is emmentlv adapted for use on park roads and country roads, or in situations where the supply of water is difficult to obtain; but where water is obtainable in the street itself, and free of charge, oiling is more expensive; also, he is of opinion that roads unravel quicker in the dry weather when oiled than with the use of water; and, in these circumstances, he cannot recommend the further use of oil.” The report was adopted by the City Council.