With the acquisition of another 25 acres of land (owned by Mr. Charles E. Swanson), the securing of the whole of the Wainui-o-mata watershed will have been completed.
Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., sitting with Messrs. M. W. Welch and H. E. Leighton as assessors, as a Compensation Court, on Monday, went into the merits of the value of certain recently secured land on the ridge of the Rimutaka Range, and within the Wainui waterworks catchment area.
The owner, Andrew Gorrie, put in a claim for £5 per acre for the 58½ acres taken by the Wellington City Corporation, for which the City Valuer (Mr. James Ames) for the Corporation had offered the lump sum of £105.
After taking evidence, the Court awarded the owner £170 for the land taken, the City Corporation to pay costs.
Mr. A. de B. Brandon appeared for the owner and Mr. John O’Shea (City Solicitor) for the Corporation.
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