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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 4

: .The,: Wellington City Council has ..ds-. ! - aided to: take legal proceedings'against:' ratepayers -iii the' Melrose ristriot; who ■"' have'not connected. up .with; the ? drain- -. age scheme, which 'has now,-: been .put.;-: into operation., .The city_ solicitor. (Mr. - O'Shea), who,;prosecuted. in the case- of ! Arthur; L.-. Haylock, at .the-.Magistrate's y Court, yesterday, said, that; the Municipal;y Corporations Act provided a penalty, of £.20 against, those ratepayers who,.did not--'.,. connect up, and whose drains- were'within, 100 ft,: "of • the. piiblio, main. .'-'.Notices: . affecting these ratepayers had been already, .sent out. \\ - The- defendant-; in. this .;'■■. particular oase, admitted . having-received . .the nbtice,,but at the same time.pointed .. but that, owing to the. attitude:.-tak«n-..up .- by .adjoining. owners to his property,--.he ....;•■; was unable ; to.Vprocoed:: with ;:tlie..work.; ■•; The case was ultimately ■ adjourned/until] March 4,: so , that defendant; might. bey, enabled to:consult a solicitor.;'- ,■!: '_' ■ ,■.!'.