TAUPO SAWMILLING CASE
FUit-IKKIt EVIDENCE
(By Tclegrajjii—l'rvii.i A munition./
WELLINGTON, Last Night
The Taupo Totara Company's petition was further investigated: by the Relict Committee to-day. Sir John Fimllay, counsel for the comoanv, h:u<] that he v could not allow thooompany to rest under the imputation that any inducement had boon offered by it. The company ashed'l'or no now,_ ))itt simply put iv biidisr;-:; proposition before Iho Govonum-!. . Mr "VV. C. Kensington, liitci 'Under-Secretary for LancK faipplemented tho evidence jjiven bv bim. when the ma'l.tor was last before Parliament. In the past two years there had been an extraordinary HiaiH'o in public; oninion as to the value ofpumice lands, which were callable of be-in"; utilised to considerable nrofit. He considered that it would he better for the Government-to take over the. Taurm Totara line (when eom-pl-itwl) at, ,£.180,000. rather than wait till the lino- from Interna could he completed. The latter could not be constructed at lop;; than I'HCO'i) or £7OOO ncr mile.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10714, 7 September 1912, Page 3
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162TAUPO SAWMILLING CASE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10714, 7 September 1912, Page 3
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