DUMMYISM.
(PER press ASSOCIATION.! - Dunedin, June 18. In the Supreme Court the oases of Reid v. Gilliand and Smith v. Gilliand were heard, The defendant to these actions was one of the persons who were some years ago alleged to have acted as dummies for the firm of Jas. Smith and Sons in the acquisition of lands at Waitahuna West. At the dummyism inquiry the charges were not substantiated. The first case involved the {possession of a section which Gilliand applied for and obtained iu 18S2, and Gilliand swore that the evidence he gave at the inquiry before the .Land Board was arranged beforehand by. J. M. Smith, one of the firm, and himself.' and was not true. Tho cases were not decided.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 955, 20 June 1890, Page 23
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123DUMMYISM. New Zealand Mail, Issue 955, 20 June 1890, Page 23
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