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Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1932, Page 8

His 'Excellency, in reply/, made some statements which caused surplus J. Inter alia; he said that .the _ciyils?-er- ; 'jvahts were iha'dequa'tely .paid’ .• ;,(a'lr though the sallar.ieg. for • senior post*, have been nearly doubled in. the lasi decade), and. that h ( . found that debt existed.; among the civil servants,- and i that this was- not due to extra vagance ktft to the fact'that thei- salaries wev> He believed that the trade deficits of the colony .wore due to hurificehes ' entirely - cop. '* had fallen, by one -half, in productic ■ and ,to one half in- price). ,- He - dio not think h e was entitled to cable 10 'the-.Secretary of- -State., i He: .had reviewed >the matter in a. dispatch, whifii would go forward 'by the /Aorangi. •Sir Maynard, then .said, that the elected members had drawn •up a sutnma.--of their views, .and his Excellency qaid he would- also- forward, tjih'fc with, his dispatch. Sir Maynard. then withdrew, his m -‘••ion, TheW was severe tension ‘.h./oughou 1 . the were'being said' everyon e disclaimed any personal feeling, and his Excel.ilency expressed , his. appreciation of the co-operation.- of the elected', .membeif... So ended quite a sensational, session; ;