KING COUNTRY LEAS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 276, 11 February 1928, Page 12

KING COUNTRY LEAS

OWNERS REFUSE TO REMEV ACTION IN COURT (From Our Own Correapmint) TE KUITL Irtdiy. An action of considerable inters to the King Country generally wubs gun in the Native Land Court y«rday, before Judge MacCorakh, * president of the Waikato-Mashy* Maori Land Board. The case arose out of a reftmla! the native owners to 886 acres of dairying land occupiedbr ,W. Gadsby, a farmer of Te refusal to renew the lease was tai on three charges: That lessee M failed to cut down, eradicate sad tetroy noxious weeds; that hehaifuK to keep fences in repair; and tail had failed to pay rates. It was shown in evidence thit b fendant had cleared the bad i noxious weed, except for one cjnwf 8£ acres, which it was almost tap* sible to get at, and counsel urjedfl* reasonable compliance had beend with the terms of the lease. Mrs. Gadsby, on behalf of her be band, gave evidence of sums spent i improvements, fencing and clearkt Frederick Charles Perry, clerk ton Waitomo County Council, gave * dence concerning unpaid rates. S admitted that many farmers left rates unpaid as long as possible. I On the suggestion of the lesson J Honour agreed to inspect the prop® on condition that the inspectiondißi close lessor’s case. His Honour inspected the prop® and then reserved his dectaloß.