THE OTERAIRE PREFERENCE.
THE APPLICATIONS REFUSED
WELLINGTON, March 2. The Minister of Lands has now given his decision in Tegard to the preference leases granted by the Otago Land Board at Gtekaike, an estate recently taken by the Crown for closer settlement. A number of employees at Otekaike had applied for leases under clause 80 of the Land Act of last session. The hoard telegraphed to the Minister asking if he -would recognise such applications. He replied in the affirmative. It transpired later, however, that two of the men were not living on the estate, though it was alleged they had lost their employment owing to it being resumed. The full facts of the case being now before the Minister, he has decided that the two applications in question cannot be allowed. The advice of the Solicitor-general, upon which Mr M'Nab relies, is to the effect that the applications cannot be allowed without the approval of the' Minister, and that that approval is by way of discretion vested fn him, and cannot be reviewed by the court.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 4 March 1908, Page 23
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177THE OTERAIRE PREFERENCE. Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 4 March 1908, Page 23
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