THE WANGANUI WAITORARA HIGHWAY VALUATION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 3097, 8 April 1878, Page 2

THE WANGANUI WAITORARA HIGHWAY VALUATION.

". REELY.

TO THE EDITOB.

Siß,-f-Ihave:beenled.'t6a!reflebiion|flß to what is the value of an onth^'bepausejathe Assessment Court, Mr Ijiffibon. coolly Jin^ deliberately swore that I, asa valuer "or the Waitotara district? 'had under valued my own property. ( <> Mr. Edward -Liffiton'f utther swore' that he was prepared tg.buy^tjxe^j^iferty from me at £4 per -acre... Ever since Mr, Liffiton ( took this deliver ate /o^th, 1 have tried repeatedly to get'him wtake the property, but X was al>vftvs/mot by-evaSionl. On third inst. I waited upon him agtiiof jg com_pany;wifch a. solicitor, and . formally-. offered him this property, for. tba pri<}e.-he.!|#sJlF he wasprepared to.-giveforjifcyfiij^bedeclinli to effect thVpurchase. 'Wnat'js the valra of . hia oath?; s Fknbwift nola^tlla'Fwliriaible me to compel Mr, : LiffitqQ|t^ikeepr h]§l,oath, butlhavegiyeh^ip.we ? oppor|anity to do ?o, and he has declh'heay'and-f''am still prepared to let him- have, the property for the price he swore he was prepared to giyegqr|it, and I hope he will accept the offer, ' ' As valuer^or/theriWfStotara Highway Board, I valu'edHhe district to the best of my judgment, and.l doubt-whether the the great- • est expert in.- ; the ;6ounJbryCcoiMJ6H& jaore general , satjsfaption-ei^eijt <b# y^aacMng down to trdtibls'sbifie lpersolM«'\vMoikH,S9we" times done by V'alu'ato'k^ ai -- > ? >:r i J ° s>-"? • It is true; I have nofc?sXce*eeffed*in'p!eaaiOg Donald Smith^andrl^ab^jW^ether striking high, drstVlkmg low wbuld please Donald so long as^oa'toacfreffnisTpoeket <3irectte| *or indirectly. " L \" J*'-*-In conclusion, Sir, I am;npt"\rery"aeairons. of excusing' myself in" connexion with the Valuation List of toe Waitetara district, and I see no yery great ocbasion.fojf m#dj>ilb|pio, , more than to ( say, that ifjl harei'c^nuffißed. , ao error of jad^m'entin more" tnan onejfinstance, but oertainly not fc&wingry.' M X™K ™ And after all the valuation of tpropeWfe & mere matt6r,pf opjmojo 8,0,t .£i^ffc!9&&il«a of showing that I fibve not f !?ftlHSsL JftJfc^p' . property at less than I thodgitt is wa^worth, and I think it desirafilStb know whether this kind of swearing is; pera&sible in a iQogte^ of Justice. , " Will you kindly give insertion to this*tat» ter j*^ , T Jouw j?c.» " _ 0 • -«• ' ' * Kblls. t