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TELE CHARGES OF IMPROPER PAYMENT. (By Telegraph.) Wellington, Thursday, 4.55 p.m. The New Liberals still persist in the charge of improper payments made to Captain Seddon, and Mr Fisher endeavoured yesterday to obtain an enquiry as to the affidavits from Servants which he referred to the Speaker in a sealed envelope, to be opened by a special committee which he asked the House to set up to investigate the matter of indemnity to be given, allowing his informants to speak freely. After a long debate tha—House This afternoon the Premier carried the war into the enemy’s camp by presenting a petition from the chief officials of the Treasury and Defence offices, asking that an enquiry be made into payments and moving that the matter be referred to the Auditor-General, with instructions to report as to whether any "payments had ever been made. This course was agreed to.
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Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 221, 11 August 1905, Page 2
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149Latest Political. Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 221, 11 August 1905, Page 2
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