The Gazette 1910-11

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February, 1911.

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Labourers Act. An opinion of Senior Counsel was sub mitted advising that a vendor of land is entitled to compensation from a District Council in respect of the costs of the consents necessary to be lodged in the Land Com mission where the District Council has acquired, for the purposes of the Labourers' Acts, portion of a holding for the sale of which holding an agreement has been entered into under the Land Purchase Acts. It was decided to submit a further query to Counsel asking him to state how payment of such compensation could be enforced against a District Council. Certificates. Affidavits in support of applications by two Solicitors for orders permitting them to renew their annual certificates were sub mitted, and both applications were granted. January 25th. Smoking-room. The suggestion by a member, entered in the Suggestions Book, that a smoking-room for members should be supplied was referred to the House Committee. Land Commission—Certificates of Appear ances. The attention of the Council was drawn to the amount of work now involved in the preparation of a certificate of appearances in the Land Commission. The Council, having considered the matter, expressed the opinion that the requisite contents of the certificates could not with advantage be curtailed.

Meetings of the Council.

Jannarv I \th. Sir John P. Lynch.

THE President, on behalf of the Council, ex pressed to Sir John P. Lynch the congratu lations of his colleagues on the occasion of the honour of Knighthood being conferred upon him. Sir John P. Lynch thanked the President and Council. Payment for Advertisements in Chancery Proceedings. A letter was read from a firm of Solicitors stating that in Chancery proceedings they had been required to insert advertisements in an English journal, that the proceedings are still pending and no allocation yet made, and that the proprietors of the journal had required immediate payment of the cost of the advertisements amounting to a consider able sum of money. This matter was referred to the Costs Committee. Petty Sessions Proceedings. A letter was read in reply from a land agent, to whom a letter had been written by direction of the Council drawing his attention to the illegality of his appearing upon behalf of a complainant in a prosecution for trespass in pursuit of game. The land agent ex pressed his extreme regret for having un intentionally been guilty of an infringement of the rights of the Solicitors' profession, and stating that he would not repeat the offence. The apology was accepted by the Council.