Local and General
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 58¼ 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.
Tags: Newspaper Waterworks
