CORRESPONDENCE.
i % ,^__ ? r M? s M_ OUB 9 f ia ff9HJnflr eveiy reasonable I facility for the discusaion ot pubtte subjects; ' but ; It must be understood that we are iv no way i responsible for the opinions expressed by_corresj pondents. I To.the E^tos. op i«b' Evenino Map,.' j # Sir, — lif an article" wtfich"~app6ared i in the Cdlonist of the ,20th [objecting to the Ctduncit ' being (called "together | there is a sentence which is calculated to ! mislead tbe public ; it is as follows : — j M Calling the Provincial Council | together means spending a large sum ; of money, say £800." If the writer -of that sentence had ; taken tbe trouble to : 'examine the Council Blue Book, he would have j seen that the payment of members for attending special sessions is fixed at i £l per diem, and if the Council were j to sit a week, which would be unusually long for a special session, the expenses ; would? iiojfc amount Jo gj fourth of fthe j sum mentioned. Yours, &c„ " - FairPmy. >
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 257, 29 October 1874, Page 2
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170CORRESPONDENCE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 257, 29 October 1874, Page 2
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