PETONE ASSESSMENT COURT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1146, 6 June 1911, Page 2

PETONE ASSESSMENT COURT.

Dt M'Artluir also presided at a meetin" of the Fctoiie A?«ssmont.Court, and. with him on tho Bench were Messrs. Findlay and -Cudby.- Tho business of this Court was to henr objections to tbo value of land as assessed by the Government Valuer of tho district Sir. F. Ballon, the first objector called, considered that Die value placed on various sections owned by hiniwero in excess of the actual value of tho land, and oflored to sell such property to the Government at tho price fixed by the valuer. After lioaving- evidence, his \\ orslnp sustained tho valuation, ' A Snodnrafs objected to the valuation of MVI placed on his section at IvoroKoro He considered tho srenon to Dβ worth ,£'lSs—Tho Government valuation was sustained. . ~ , «- ■Tho Public Trusteo obiecfefl to the valuation of .£32 15s. placed on a section of land situated at the corner of Jackcon "nd Bichmond Streets a I Petone. The objection was made so tint u.land could bo offered to tho Government at its own valimhon. J L. Morrisson considered (be value of hi ' land, as l,y the Government Valuer below' the actual valim of the hn He considered the land to be worti, about £-W, whereas the asstswd valuation was only .£2OO. This cose wa. Court at. its sitting on June 19.

nUTT NO-LICENSE. . A meeting of tho HhU .Nofiocnw riven Cincnibcr.-ofth^AVri B Jit family. Tlsneaker for the evening was Mr. R. A AvS Sf.l'., who dealt principally ill, he"principle* of the National ?',"„(, At the conclusion of the adIre- the following motion was nnnnioV«lvcarried -.-"That, in view of Hie c hot the National League ij. opposed o the tlircß-fifth* majority and to total prohibition, this meeting agrees that it s opposed to the No-License Party.