REDUCING THE WIDTH OF A ROAD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 125, 19 July 1911, Page 2

REDUCING THE WIDTH OF A ROAD.

AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC QUESTION. ATTORNEY-GENERAL TO BE REPRESENTED. The question of reducing the width of King’s Road, Miramar, is not yet settled, says , Saturday's Wellington

‘Y'ost.” C An application was made to the Ciuof Justice. (Sir Robert Stout), in Chambers to-day, on behalf ,or cno Aiiramar Borough Council, for an order removing a caveat which had been lodged by iiector .Norman McLeod to prevent the registration of an order of the Council diminishing King’s Road to 66ft. ins Honour: I was thinking of that. It raises a most important point. Mr. Young: The District Land registrar has neon served, and ho does not think it necessary to appear. His Honour said if any man was injured by any act of a corporation, he was entitled to compensation, and ho presumed a man could sue in connection with the narrowing of a road. To suggest that the Council had the power to deprive a man of the frontage of liis section was an extraordinary thing. Mr. i . Young appeared for the Council, and Mr. Martin Chapman, K.C., for the caveator. Before Mr. Young commenced,. Mr. Chapman pointed out that the matter was of public interest, and lie thought the Attorney-General ought to be represented, li this right was upheld the shops in Lambton Quay could bo closed. Mr. Young: Yes, but the people would receive compensation. .In the To Arc reclamation the frontages were taken from everybody. His H onour: If you can narrow a roid in this way, it is a Hint extraordinary law. Mr. Young proceeded to go into he facts, but Jiii Honour repcaV 1 that the Government must bo represented first. ‘A public road,” ho saM, “docs not belong to the municipality :d;me. it is the King's highway, ana/ although the freehold is granted to Ho municipality, it is a quest on as tx how far you can go.” I lie hearing was accordingly ad■'Hmcd. t. ■ maddo the Aft irnoy-Gmi oral to bo represented, if he flunks fit. f The matter should come on again within a wick.