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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 39, 15 January 1873, Page 3

mn. ssoxroxiAß, iw.p.o., trs 'TJxum&M&A, jxmn- ox?o mrz sioeWAIT XBOAISSS, to this nnxxoii. Sin,* —In' your condensed weekly report of tho proceedings of the late session of the Provincial Council, you published tho-following : n TACBANOi ANJD OI'OWKI IIUfHWAT DTBTICT, “ Mr Douglas, having brought tho subject, of the following motion under the notion of the Government, vjould r..ji procuJ rCdh it- : —• That a respectful address be proton-ed to hia Honor the Superintendent requcfding him to recommend that the sum of £IOO be; pinned at tho disposal o£ cac-h of the Tnnrangn Jj irhway Boards ; and a. similar sum (£100) be handed to tho Opotiki Highway Board—said sums to p« taken from the vote of £3,000 for roads and works couth oi Auckland.’ ” Mr Douglas arrived in Taurr < "a .-•'ry “horlly after this appeared, en rov.tr for his fs-iuid "homo ; and I, in common with many o' hers, c speeded that be would contradict or explain the statement. Three-weeks Imre passed, and Mr Douglas is still silent; but I hope the people of tins Bay of Plenty will not allow the matter to drop. 'J hero i : one ttdng very 'certain, either you made a statement without authority and arc now unable to substantiate it,'or Mr Dougia* Hare not answer it. I have beard it rumoured that our member must have had substantial reasons for withdrawing the mot ion. This may or may not ba the case, but I now publicly call upon Mr Douglas for as explanation. I enclose my card, and remain,—Yours, Am., A IhVTKPAYiJU. TOur report was condensed from tho Southern Cross, and acknowledged by ub in due course at ( the time of publication.—Bin 1 i -*