GEAR ISLAND.
I j TALK OF "ANNEXATION.'* ;, "Some time ago," observed Mr. E. i- P. Bunny, Mayor of the Hutt, to the n ratepayers at his election meeting last evening, "the Pctone Borough Council ■' attempted to annex Gear Island. We 0 protested at the time, and n eommisie sion was set up to go into the ques- .[ tion. The island was divided, not in 6 half, for we got the larger portion. ;, However, nothing further has come of r it." The Mayor wont on to say that the PcUmo Borough. Council was desir- " ons of moving in the matter. Flo could !• assure tho ratepayers that the lint* , s was not going to bo annexed piecemeal i bv Petano. Gear Island contained some ~ of the best agricultural land iu tho Ilutt ] County
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1108, 22 April 1911, Page 5
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131GEAR ISLAND. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1108, 22 April 1911, Page 5
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