LARGE CLAIM
LAND TAKEN BY CROWN COURT AWARDS £62,385 (Per United Press Association) PALMERSTON N„ Sept. 17. The Compensation Court delivered a majority award to-day in the claim by F. S. Easton, of Foxton. for nearly £120,000 for 4565 acres of land near Foxton taken by the Crown for flax development research. The amount awarded was £62,385. The area was taken by the Crown under the Public Works Act to be used for flax growing as supply for the wool pack and textile industry. Mr Justice Smith presided at the sitting of the court with Mr M. F. Bourke and Mr W. R. Birnie as assessors.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24406, 18 September 1940, Page 6
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106LARGE CLAIM Otago Daily Times, Issue 24406, 18 September 1940, Page 6
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