A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY.
By Telegraph—Press Association. NAPIER, January 8. A commission of enquiry was opened at Hastings, to-day, before Mr J. W. Poynton (Public Trustee) into certain allegations said to have been made that the signature of some natives to the deed of sale of a portion of the Waimarama Block to the Government had been obtained while the natives were under the influence of drink. The evidence of the whole of the witnesses, with one exception, was in disproof of the allegations.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8327, 9 January 1907, Page 5
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84A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8327, 9 January 1907, Page 5
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