THE ASSESSMENT COURT.
MR JUSTICE REED’S VIEWS. WANGANUI. August 19. . ‘,‘Tlie Assessment Court is a most objectionable tribunal, said Mi Justice Reed during the hearing of a case at the Supreme Court at Wanganui to-day. ‘‘lts constitution is bad,” said his Honor. “The inclusion of the magistrate is all right, but one member is appointed by the Valuer-general and the other by the local bodv, so that persons interested have no representation at all. The 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 overrode the 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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Otago Witness, Issue 3832, 23 August 1927, Page 71
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