A LONG-STANDING CLAIM
INQUIRY BY JUDGE HOSKING (By Telegraph. Press Association.) 1 y WELLINGTON, Monday. A long-standing claim by the'Woolston Tanneries Company (Christchurch) against the Government for heavy compensation arising -out • .* Government control over hides during the war is the subject of investigation bv a Royal Commission, the Government having requested Sir Frederick Hosking to conduct the inquiry. The matter has been the subject of Par liamentary petitions and inquiries, the Public Petitions Committee finally making a recommendation that the whole matter be referred to a Supreme Court judge. The Wools ton Company alleged that the arbitrary action taken by certain Government officers involved them in heavy losses; that while Governmental action was not strictly wrong in law, its actions were wrongful and. unnecessarily harsh in the administration of war regulations, thus causing them great loss. One form of investigation proposed by the Government was refused by tae petitioners, but they expressed willingness to accept the decision of a Supreme Court judge, The inquirywill open in the New fear.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1690, 24 November 1925, Page 5
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