DOMINION NEWS.
3ROPING IN THE DARK. ' fjg By Telegraph—Press Association „ Jg|| Napier, Last Night rji|f The Hawkes Bay Rivers Comßwiao|| concluded to day. The questions, to decided is what bodies are to contributes)! towards flood prevention, and in proportion they are to pay. Sir BbwhMl Stout emphasised the importance of sjrtrfSel ing the richest lands in Hawkea from flood, but the Government put forward a scheme. The had to decide on the fair rating o('mg scheme not yet in existence, bb4 ' which the expenditure was not IfpoWftj 1 It was like a Mind man in a dark 1 looking for a black cat that was fl'&ii tliere. _ The finding will be announced later, •^V,? WEBB'S SEAT NOT ~v r ACMT, -M Wellington, March Tlie Prime Minister stated the Crown law officers had advised If. that the ufl'enco of which Webli liM convicted by court-martial is not "crime" within the meaning of word as used in the Legislature Act.;'«j Therefore Webb's seat for Grey b&8 not J been vacated by hi ß conviction and »KDj> .si tence. "T-tjfl
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1918, Page 5
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177DOMINION NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1918, Page 5
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