HARBOUR HALF MILLION LOAN
. A "MYSTEBIOUS" LETTER. ■ In : speaking to a notico of' motion which, was tabled, by the ...Hon. 'T.. K. Macdonald (respecting the setting 1 up .of a committee, to go into,the paysheet of the Harbour .Board, to, see what economies ■ could be effected) at yesterday's,-.meeting of the Harbour Board, Mr: C. W. Jones stated that;.he;objeoted to delegating his responsibilities :• to . any sub-committee in the way proposed. He had had previous experience . of suoh-procedure. At one time the board; set up a sub-committee to 'go into; its finances, ■ but . that. committee had .never reported, though. he had asked for. a report.. iThen one-of the', members went Home, 1 and while he. was . there the board - a mysterious communication' from a London bank—but . (as a ' member was about , to interrupt him)—he was not- going to discuss that matter. It was all covered in the notice'of motion which' had been given .by Mr. Harkness, 'which called for all' documents,- cables, etc., having'reference to the half-million raised in> London last, year. , .;'■■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 749, 23 February 1910, Page 6
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