“A CROSS PUBLIC SCANDAL.”
APPOINTMENT TO A LAND BOARD.
CHARGE AGAINST GOVERNMENi WARMLY DEFENDED. IBv Telegraph—Special Correspondent-: WELLINGTON, July 14. In the- House to-day Air. Ah Ca bum tusked the Prime Almi.-tor whether iv is true- that he, a- .Minster of Lands. < - aused to be appointed to on.- of rim Land Boards of the Dominion an •*xmember of Parliament who w..s tece.ntly unseated for corrupt- prnetic* s on an election petition tried --t-uv. two Judges of tb.- Supreme Court. Tile Premier r . plied that, the gentleman' wins has lux-n appointed to the Auckland Land Board will provp a valuable addition to that, institution, inasmuch as he has probably a better knowledge of Crown lands in the North of Auckland than any other person in the Dominion. This large and important district lias not. been represented on a Land Board for some years past. A debate arose on the reply u> this question, Alessrs. AicCallum. Forbes, and Hornsby, condemning the appointment as a breach of law and a gross*
public scandal. Tlie Attorney-General and the Premier warmly defended the appointment as legal aud in the interests of the North of Auckland district.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3982, 15 July 1915, Page 4
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