LIME AREAS.
(To the Editor.) I Sir —Once upon a rime Mr H. A. Boddingtoo the *veii k owi lima burner o; Kol ermgi avntiad to i'be 1 WWiand Lind 3 >’*vd fo- a liraisinns area near Rosa. (By he «»*, this wbj 6 months ago,) The B yard aft .r several adjournments*, refused the ap--plication on the ground th,ttu9y bad no poser to deal with it. Ia the maantims some people in Bo*fl applied to Hij Worship the Warden aad after adjoarimnnt be deoiled that he bad no jurisdiction. The Board than coassn ted lo take the opinioo of the Supreme Coart, and this cams to hand ye*fcetdiy. The Commissioner explained the result of the opinion which was that the Board had the necessary power to grant the licenee, whan 10, and behold the Board attack a reason why the area should not be granted to a private individual. This was that the tuea might be selectsd by tho-West Cjari Lima Committee. • So the final result is that if the public do not require the area ir. question, that Mr Boddingtou may get it, but if they do think it good enough Mr Boddington will be a disappointed "man, with a big bill to pay for all the expense he has been pat to. J.t seems that private enterprise for the public good is not desirable. Wlnt F . I aui etc., A,B.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 April 1917, Page 3
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