THE OTEKAIKE ESTATE,

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2114, 13 February 1908, Page 2

THE OTEKAIKE EST ATE ,

LAND LOAD'D VG r j.QEEDINGS. (' >reS8 n f^.s oc iati°n. . . , m ,NEDJ.N, Feb. 12/ r , Sl u ewa j ““/eting of the Otagc. f) ’’ >vas held to-day to con - 81 lmV ases Messrs McKellar anu iUiteJ’. e ]j lu connection with the (Jtekaik<y esta te. Mr. Hosking, K.O. appeared f or McKellar and Mitchell’ ana- Mr. J. Cook watched the proon behalf of Robert CampSons. Mr Hosking said that ms clients objected to the proceeduro, and though they would afford the Board the fullest information, obey retained all their rights should tlio Board decide against them, and tnat it the decision be upheld that would probably not be the last heard or it. Both McKellar and Mitchell gave evidence to the effect that they bad been employed by Robert Campbell and Sons continuously for a panod of five years, and had been deprived ol' employment by the sale of tho Otekaike estate to the Government. Similar evidence was given by R. 0. Campbell, managing director of the company. After the evi- .. dcncc closed, Mr. Hosking asked if * the question of legality would bo-", made a subject of report, and on be- I mg informed in the negative he again said lie did not assent to the pro*', pricty of the proceedings.