POLITICAL.
I '(Pen Press Association:.) Dunedin, last night. I As showing the excellence of the credit I of the colony in London, the Premier states that the Government has receiver!" an offer to convert debentures into 3J- per I cent, at 99 net. This was an advance on I last quotation of 34 per cent. Messrs J. A. Millar and J. E, Arnold, M.’sH.R. for the city, addressed a joint meeting of constituents at the Princess \ Theatre this evening. There was a fair j attendance, and the Mayor presided. Mr Millar, who spoke first, while approving of the policy outlined by the Premier, urged caution, as if they went in for proposed it meant a large borrowing policy. Mr Arnold justified the appointment of the Land Commission on the ground that some Land Boards and rangers were not treating Crown tenants properly. A vote of thanks and confidence' in the two members, and confidence in the Government, was passed. 3' - ■■ 4
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1471, 3 June 1905, Page 2
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