OTAGO DUMMY CASES.
f DUNEDIN, January 3U The Land Board resumed the &&***, . inquiry to-day, taking tho Silver *••£,.; cases first. There was a scene Borthwick'e examination, the "zS** having refused to produce hh wfll, **"?-': to whom he willed his land. moved two motions to cue for penalties wr , not onsweriag the Board's questions, fw»v both motions were Jost on the of the Chief Commissioner. The w ?™£sr * swore positively that the land had **J?2k' willed to OrbeU, but though he w« ftd™"* U by his counsel to answer, ho fl*tly i* tns T^ t« dO 80. In|l«*"'' The dummyism cases were not * to-day at the Land Board, and the taSWfc , of evidence will be continued w** **2 * day. In addition to the scene U% J%&?'f Messrs Stout and Denniston in V***tl% ing, in which each eccused the ***f^, 's impertinence, another took piece w <.■;. afternoon between Mr JlrbeU, en** witneesee, and Mr »™*'*iffSjtfv£ the Board. Mr Orbell asserted Duncan had oSered him from the bidding for one of th « "fHi? reßarainjf which evidence a now «^|^ replied, "'it is a dwrt«| |%|
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Press, Volume XL, Issue 5755, 28 February 1884, Page 6
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