TREES ON BOUNDARIES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 36, 4 January 1946, Page 4

TREES ON BOUNDARIES

LOSS TO PRODUCTION .An unusual request came before the Executive of the N.Z. Farmers' Union (Auckland Province) at its last meeting when a letter was received from the Thames District Council of Primary. Production suggesting that the Union should take action in regard to the loss of production on certain farms due to boundary trees. It was stated that on the Hauraki Plains area some farmers had been adversely affected by trees planted on their neighbour's boundary and that they had no redress at law. The Thames body considered that a farmer who suffered from this cause should be giv-> en the right to state a case in court asking compensation when his land, was adversely affected and that the. proposed legislation should also give the court power to trees to be removed. In the ensuing dis,cus.-» sion it was stated that in some cases several acres were detrimentally effected. The acting Mr Scott Davidson, expressed the view that it would be difficult to deal with such matters through the Courts —an attempt to settle them by private co-operation wouljd certainly be preferable. ......