THE POMAHAKA PURCHASE

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8083, 22 September 1894, Page 4

THE POMAHAKA PURCHASE

The 1 Dinedin Star's parliamentary reporter asya : Ibe Poraabaka Downo prrohaoo o til 1 engages tho attention of the Wante Lmdo Committee. I bear that Mr John Douglas ~mn subjeotsd to two hours' severe oroBU-exaraination by Mr Soobio Mackenssio yesterday. The whole history of the now famous pct 1 - Hon wag traced from the beginning. It waa written at Mount Royal, way Bont to Dunedfn to be revlsod at Mr A. O. JJeßn'a ofEce, woo eenfc back to Mount Royal, and a fair copy there written out by an employee of Mr Doug'l-ts; tbon it wan Bent to Wright, Btcphcnuoo, and 00., where two typewritten oopieo were made, and forwarded to Ulinton to Mr JL l urnbull, Mr I) ogjae*s agent. One oopy was retained by that gentleman, and tho othor copy given to a young man to fi hawk " about the oountry for aignatrite. This work took three weokp, and the man was paid LI 2 by Mr Dtuglao'a repretientative for his eervloop. It is very diffioolt to get information concerning the Oomralttefa'a prooeodn Inge, and one hse to trust to lobby goeeip, I boar, however, that at tho close of last week there wae a bit of a row over' a miesiog document. Mr Hooble MackeDzio had discovered that a t/ofegrara h id been Bent by Mr Bit Ohio to the department immediately after the sale urging the payment of the money at onop. On looking at tbo papers Mr Maokenzie found that it wao not) among those submitted to the Committee, and be thereupon demanded the entire tile of paper?, and found that it was Btill wanting. Uoder-Secretary Birron could not ococunt for the miaeing document and undertook to search for it, but ultimately replied that it was nowhere to be found, I bear also that he stated that Bomotimes unimportant documents vfcro do9fcroyed, Anyhow tbo miseing document is not likely to come tp