GISBORNE HARBOUR BOARD.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18439, 24 March 1922, Page 5

GISBORNE HARBOUR BOARD.

AN INTERESTING QUESTION. (Per Press Association). GISBORNE, March 23. The Supreme Court was occupied this morning hearing an application for a declaratory judgment on the question whether the harbour scheme prepared by Mi- George H. Lysnar contains an element of novelty. The Harbour Board contends that it does not, and. that therefore it is not liable to pay Mr Lysnar remuneration therefor in accordance with an agreement between them. The Board recently adopted a scheme propounded by Mr Leslie Reynolds, which Mr Lysnar claims is practically the scheme ho suggested. The proceedings were of a formal and technical nature. Mr ieslie Reynolds, cross-examined at length, contended that Mr Lysnar’s scheme was not novel, as in 1892 he forwarded to the Board a plan which contained the essentia) principal adopted by Mr Lysnar. Mr Gerald Fitzgerald, civil engineer, of Wellington, testified that he examined various plans and reports, and had not been able to discover anything novel in harbour construction in Mr Lysnar’s plan, and it would not be possible for anyone to proceed with harbour construction on the material provided by Mr Lysnar. After further evidence, Sir Burnard, counsel for the respondent, Lysnar, said he proposed to call a number of witnesses in Wellington. Mr Myers, for the applicant Board, suggested that his Honour refer the case to the Court of Appeal subject to Mr Burnard’s right in the meantime to call evidence in Wellington. His Honour agreed to Mr Myers’ suggestion.