A Capetown despatch to a London paper states :—A Parliamentary return reveals the curious item of 70 cablegrams (£176) despatched by Mr Seddon in May, 1902, and paid iw l>y the Cape. The FarHamonxa turn, unfortunately, does not disclose the names of those to whom he sent the telegrams. It wan intended by querulous members of Parliament to reject the item of £l7O, but when it was pointed out that Mr Sedition had the run of tie Cape Treasury for 48 hours, when he might have re mainwd 48 days, and thereby bankrupted the colony, gratitude banished the giummness, ana the item w a » posfeed,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXV, Issue 255, 26 November 1903, Page 2
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105Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXV, Issue 255, 26 November 1903, Page 2
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