ALLEGED NUISANCE.
WELLINGTON, January 30. In the Supremo Court to-day Mr Justice Chapman delivered judgment in the Waaganui case of Murray v. the New Zealand Refrigerating Company, praying for an injunction restraining the defendant company, from creating a nuisance inimical to the health and general welfare of the residents in the neighbourhood of the Islay Freezing Works, and claiming damages therefor. The court found that the nuisances complained of did exist, and granted an in* , junction restraining the defendants from permitting the discharge of offensive matter on the beach, and allowing smells to issue from the -works, also allowing conditions to exist which attracted undue numbers of flies. The damages were assessed at £2OO and costs, which were fixed as on an action for £7OO.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3334, 6 February 1918, Page 43
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125ALLEGED NUISANCE. Otago Witness, Issue 3334, 6 February 1918, Page 43
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