MAGISTRATE’S COURT
THURSDAY (Before Mr R. C. Abernethy, S.M.) Judgment for plaintiff was given in the following undefended case:—Southland Coal Company v. J. Willis (Riverton), for £1 13/3, costs 8/-. Leonard Wilfred Barrett (Mr K. G. Roy), sports dealer, Dee street, sought to recover from William Lancelot Taylor (Mr H. M. Hopper) possession of a residential flat, being part of the business premises of the plaintiff. On behalf of the plaintiff Mr Roy said that the defendant rented the flat on a weekly tenancy. The plaintiff required the rooms for business purposes. The defendant had been an unsatisfactory tenant, he said. The defendant was not in arrears with his rent, said Mr Hopper. He submitted that the provisions of the Fair Rents Act applied in the case. The hearing of the case was adjourned.
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Southland Times, Issue 23675, 25 November 1938, Page 15
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