An Auckland journal states that there is a deoided slump in insurance shares since the State Fire Insurance Bill—a drop of nearly ten shillings in one day. History says this handsome colony gets oil with half a million surplus, but history (commonly known as ‘Dick ’.with a big chest) does not say how much this down-trodden country owes to Old England ; nor does it say that we have been fools enough to waste one hundred thousand pounds in flimsy I • show ’ for Royalty sake—money that could have been well spent on the roads—especially I those of the North.—Kawakawa Luminary.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 172, 1 August 1901, Page 1
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99Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 172, 1 August 1901, Page 1
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