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DR. RAYNER AND STATE QUESTIONS IN HOUSE (The SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter) PARLIAMENT BLDGS, Tues. Once more the name of Dr. F. J. Rayner, of Auckland, was mentioned in the House of Representatives this afternoon, when Mr. T. W. McDonald (Wairarapa) moved for a return showing:: (1) The total loss on the sawmilling industry carried on by the Railway Department in connection with the agreement between Dr. Rayner and the Crown regarding timbercutting rights on the Piha and Anawhata timber areas; (2) The amount by which the said loss had been credited and thereby apparently reduced by increasing the sale price of timber previously transferred and charged from time to time from Piha mill stock to general stores stock in the different centres of the Dominion; (3) The various sums paid by the State to Dr. Rayner and Mrs. Hoyes respectively, or their agent or agents, for the purchase of land, and as royalties on timbers, etc., stating the particular properties concerned in each case.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 747, 21 August 1929, Page 10
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166TIMBER TRANSACTIONS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 747, 21 August 1929, Page 10
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