PROTESTS UPHELD BY MAGISTRATE
SERVING OF SUMMONSES. (United Press Association.) Wellington, May 19. Severe criticism of the methods employed in serving summonses on pro-perty-holders for failure to combat the ragwort menace were made against the Department of Agriculture to-day by two of 12 defendants who appeared before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court. The protests were upheld by Mr Lawry, who said that he was so annoyed at the way the proceedings had been conducted that he proposed allowing costs against the Department on six summonses, which were withdrawn, equivalent to the fines on the others. One of the defendants said that about 50 summonses had been served, but there was no positive identification of the land. All the land was said to be heavily infested with ragwort, whereas actually it was just appearing.
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Southland Times, Issue 22895, 21 May 1936, Page 16
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