“SIT TIGHT AND SAY NOTHING.”
When the Manawatu County Council delegates to the local bodies iconference, convened by the Manawatu-Oroua River Board asked at yesterday’s meeting for instructions as to how they were to act, the chairman (Mr. W. E. Barber) said: “Bring back all information you can without committing the council. Be non-committal, absolutely.” Cr. Boyce: Will we support the application for a government subsidy? Cr. J. H. Perrett: Be very careful, now. Cr. Boyce: It is darned easy to fall in. The chairman: Get all the information you can and sit tight.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3894, 12 January 1929, Page 2
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94“SIT TIGHT AND SAY NOTHING.” Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3894, 12 January 1929, Page 2
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