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Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 970, 5 September 1871, Page 2

i Instead . of ! %He Government ar^ pranging with the steamers engaged^ in tbe' coaStial" : Bervice : 'for l *the conveyance : of • ihe^ members of the Assembly to Parliament, <■• —•'=■ a contraefr-was made with Mr Johu-Mwtinr— owner of the Ph«ebe. He received, yfe «?^ informed, Lsoo— some say L6oo— for carry- 1 • ing the members. Why this, expense, should A;\have been incurred we know iiot». TheTara- ' naki or the other steamers engaged in the coastal service would, we behjeve, have done the job for far less. Of course^, Mr, John Martin is a supporter of the' Fox ''Ministry, having to keep Messrs j Richnipnd apd Travers out of Parliament, contested the, % "Wellington election, It may be, therefore, that JMr Fpx, in his anxiety not to leave his friends "out in tlie cold," has given Kit . Wellington friend, Mr Martin, this contract^ . a W^Hopo some ol o,ur members ,will tak^ . matter upV ' '" " '""" . '.■;* ;'*'" '.!.' : '.;*."'