A legal decision of considerable importance to dairy companies and farmers was given by Mr Justice Ostler at New Plymouth on Friday in the case of C.. V. Lonsdale against the Midhurst Dairy Company, wherein plaintiff claimed £417 damages for pollution of a stream with factory washings and casein and whey. His Honor found for plaintiff, ffi t reserved the question of damages or of an injunction, to enable the parties to arrange it amicably. The Supreme Court at New Plymouth on Friday morning gave judgment by consent for £290, with costs, in the case Retford v. the Borough Council for damage caused through a defective installation by defendants of a water-heating service. A copper float in a roof cistern became detached through faulty soldering, allowing water to flood the premises and damage stock.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3889, 25 September 1928, Page 31
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