DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

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LEGAL AMENITIES. BLENHEIM, .Inn,- It. .\! tin.' Supreme Court, Judge Alp?!' "its welcomed I>v the Jurol Bur. Retmu me; i luniks, liis Honour paid a ducji tribute lo Judge Husking, and reI■ -rri'<! lo the honor ol' knighthood emiieired on him. by lb> Majesty. The honor was well merited, and when the time came. Judge Husking would leave behind the name of a very great judge indeed. CHAMPION COW LOST. HAMILTON, June 0. Messrs lianstead Bros, the wellknown pedigree Shorthorn breeders of •Matangi. to-day sustained a severe loss iii the dentil of their world record breaking cow. .Matangi Qualitv the I \*. The animal, which was valued at about .00 guineas, gave birth to twin hull calves a short time ago. and did not recover from her sickness. Not long ago she finished her third season under the somi-oliieial test with a yield of -‘J.OlOlbs of milk, and 978.171 b of hutterfat, which is a world’s record for milking Shorthorns of her age. TALLY CLERK’S AWARD. CHRISTCHURCH, June 9. On the ground that the Lyttelton tally clerks are not subject to the same disabilities as the watersiders. the Arbitration Court has refused to extend them the “closed door” privilege granted in the preference clause of the watersiders.

SUIT OVER, ROARING. PALMERSTON N.. Juno 9. Reserved judgment in an unusual and interesting case concerning the power of local bodies in the matter of mi forcing the tarring and sanding id roads through private properties, lia.s been delivored'diy Air Justice Reed. The case was heard in the Supremo Court, and was one wherein James Casey proceeded against the Palmerston North Borough Council, claiming to rccte or £lO5. Ix'ing monies paid under protest, as a deposit on future work of tarring and sanding a road and paths, made by the plaintiff in sub-dividing his property. Air Justice Reed said that the Jaw now was that the owner of land wlio sub-divided it for purposes of sale or lease, shall make provision for public streets, and cannot be compelled to provide private streets. A local body could not arbitrarily refuse to accent the dedication of a road or street, nor could it impose conditions not authorised by the Statute. It could prescribe the thickness of metal, but it had no authority to require the tarring and sanding thereon. In the case under review, the Council had authorised a new street, not a private street, which latter was reqHired to he tarred and sanded, according to by-law. In regard to the defending counsel’s remarks that the procedure of granting a certificate was only a short-cut-, Air Justice Reed said that their effect was that the Council adopted an ingenious method of getting over a difficulty by requiring it to be constructed as a private street, and then taking it over as a public street. Judgment was given for the full amount.