FILCHED FORESHORE LANDS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1462, 10 June 1912, Page 4

FILCHED FORESHORE LANDS.

BI'AL OWXrHs NCni'LUS'-ED

■■■ i(By ■' ''As&ociaHeri.lJ*.;.. : ; '■"■'■'■'.'' .7i!''-^*&Wan9anuJ,' J Jiiho 9;;'? ». At'!liio,mbrithly.; : meetinj:,.ot thorAVanga-. Board last evening the ;manf.(JlrSO^B;';MurrHy)^reported on- the;. rather lock of do-'; .lyelopthcrits^—iu'connection.with : the Kail:'way■■ Department's.:, claim' tos.tho foreshcro; ; la.nds : \oiv ;^vhich'.; ;- r tho:".,town- : wharves ",':'■! ''V^i- s

. ; J.lMi!i;chairman{saidHthat. tho board'had exhausted'ialli'sou'rces'.-'bf "! information..'in' ,'attainpHiiff', ?, tojdiscovei'>.tho; existence ■ of any.; on tho part :of;'tli6\bbard;tq!;;handv6vor;.tho ownership ?of the-foreshore amLwharyes to tho Rail--sway/.'DepartmentU'b'Nothiug "'■ conld.. bo found::bearing on J \ the.}' ■'and:, it.-i-wouldlrhlhiostT appear; as-if any. arrange-- ■■ ment,made,'could only havo been a verbal ■:pne'.'h Thflj'.board's.;. solicitors ",■ had gono. /through?their'deeds,?with the same result., ■ are'act-. :rhg : ;fofi-the'-board in* the'.matter, had■ instructed;. thcir- : -.Wcllington agents to make. :? a.s?thorough : :a-.eearch-as possible in ordor; ito; find out if° there was acy- record of the : -matteri,' : andrthey, '.had- forwarded -a'letter' -oii: theisubjcctr-whichi'ilipwever, threw no 'Edditi6iial:;,light,on'.'..it. 'A; Tho letter in ; 'quo.stiouj ! /.:.'whichswas':'" (hen ■ read, stated ; that had .■.-'been fmadeviiv'the recpTds.of the Marine;' Pubflic AVorfe,;Railway',; and Crown Lands Dc■"partni'ents,::ai'.d''itho:: Deeds: Office,: and-no. ■ tiilo,'.is'sued. : 'tcKthe< : Railway ! Departinent.;;.vi ; ;'.:--V , -^>.- : ...;U : ' ; .A-fter>,sbmo;-.discussion=,tho.-l)oaTd : -decid-; ,ed|:; toy ask-'l the? Mini ster^for;. Railways;,' top .icoufcr:; .witli;; the, :..boaf d jtho^niattor.;'-:^^!;.;^^;;^