LOAN CLAIM

Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1932, Page 6

LOAN CLAIM

FROM BISHOP OF AUCKLAND

ERECTION OF CHURCH

(By Telegraph—Per Pres* Association

WELLINGTON, June 1

Repayment of an alleged l°an ot ,£3,500 for the erection of the Roman Catholic Church at Whaiigarei, together with over £751 for interest, was sought in the Supreme Court here to-day by Thomas Campbell, from Dr Liston, as Bishop of Auckland Diocere.

The statement of claim is that defendan't son, t'he parish priest at Whaiigarei having the consent of the then Bishop of Auckland, Dr. Cleary, to erect a new church, arranged for a loan from his'father, and was advanced the money at dates in 1926 and 1927 at 5.) per cent., repayable on demand. 'Demand for repayment lias been refused..

The defence denies that th e parish priest requested a loan for the purpose of erecting the church and that the parish priest was acting as agent or with the authority of the then Bishop of Auckland ; that plaintiff agreed to lend, or the Bishop agreed to borrow from tlie plaintiff any sum upon the termiß suggested in the statement of claim.

Further, that any amount mentioned or sums that might have been paid to and parish priest were not advanced in pun-nance of an agreement alleged in the statement claim, or tint they, or any part of thorn, were applied for or towards the erecting of the parish church.