EXTRAORDINARY TRAFFIC ON ROADS
A Claim for Damages. (Per Press Association.) TAIHAPE, Aug. 17. An important case w a s heard lx>tore. Mr Thompson, S.M., to-day. A claim was made by the Rangitlket County Counolil against. Gardner and Sons, sawniillers, for £lO2, damage caused by extiyvonlinury trulllc over a county road iduring the winter months of loot. The 1 point w H s made that the claim Was lot extraordinary, wot f|or "heavy, traffic, and wj\s ■bused on the special sections of the Public Works Act, For the defence It was urged that the question was one of colonial ini-. portance.. If the Court held that countiwi could tax millers in siidli a manner, special legislation was ne ccssary to prevent tho industry bein;" paralysed. A largo /Vmotmt; of evidence was taken, nnd judgment was reserved.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7902, 18 August 1905, Page 2
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136EXTRAORDINARY TRAFFIC ON ROADS Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7902, 18 August 1905, Page 2
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