DISQUALIFICATION.
TO TJIE EDITOE. Snj,— A statement that fttr. -ITalcombe is disqualified as a Governmentr contractor f roni being ; -iiieinber for Manawatu, seems ,to bate obtained! somp credence. The only Government contra'dfc that Mr. Halcombe has apy connection' with, is S contract tiiken by the Tfeilding Corporation for tne supply of sleepers. Ereri if Halcqiribe held three-fourths -of tlie shares_ito|that company, apd yvould thereby receive threefoiirthßlofjthe profits on 'the contract," he Tvould not be disqualified so long as there : were : twenty other shareliolders 'besides himself; much mbre ao then is he not disqualified when merely act mg aats t agent for "the ..contracting company, holding no shared m it,: and •receiTing; : nb ; benpfit from the results of its contracts. Mr. Halcoinbe is not a likely manto go fo the trouble and worcy . .of, contesting the,, present election witjiijut first fully ascertaining his (position, especially^as the fact of Mr. Snelson's halving also had' '&' Government contract for the supply of sleepevß^ brought that position prominently under his notice. By inserting the above, you will bblige.-^I am, &c, f
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 71, 3 September 1879, Page 2
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176DISQUALIFICATION. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 71, 3 September 1879, Page 2
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