The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1880.
The letter from Mr I'. 21. liar iy JouaSiou, C.E.,tvhi> h appears ia to-iUy’a issue, will convince our read-rs more than ever that the report of Sir J. <J mde oa the Mthord Harbour, for r.bme r. or oihtr, was made as damaging as it was posable to bo Wo do imt say that S;r J. (Jocide had beet bribed, but wo are of opinion that some influem-o hid been at work to pr-ja.lice Sir J. Ooode’s mind and le id him astray as to the facts of iho case. From Mr John ton’s ieut -r it wi 1 he at on e seen that Sir John C mde was entirely wrong as to the sc airing pu ier as weii us uo the co t of the work. However. wo o not t ink it impossib’e yet for some independent-minded contractor to make a proposal to ..ne 13 -ml to open the month upon a guarantee being given of payment of interest np to a certain amount, or rather a promise io make up what may be short of a stipulated sum as interest from the dues of ti.e port, spreading over a number of years. We -ecommend the letter to our readers’ careful perusal, and trust the i cbeme is not yet .■-helved.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 231, 5 February 1880, Page 2
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