The Land Act of last session gives preference at the balltrt to employes of the individuals from whom the estate being cut up is acquired, provided that the employe can boast of five years' service with the owner. "Would that mean that, a valet of long service could apply for a section of land I ''"' was a question asked at the hearing of the Otekaike ca.<e in the* Appeal Court. "Cl* a housemaid, perhaps?" asked a facetious counsel. "Oh. no," hastily responded Judge Edwards. "Oh, no/ that- couldn't be. Tliere is no such thing as a housemaid of five years' standing."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11249, 14 April 1908, Page 5
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