Counties' Conference.
Gems from the Counties' Conference debates, culled from a Wellington exchange : «• I never knew of one case to which a man having signed a petition would not change his mind at a public meeting afterwards." •' The man who signs his name and then repudiates it afterwards is not worth calling a poll for." " I think every gentleman here wants to look upon every other gentleman as a rogue." •• You have all heard of the Taranaki butter, but you can't get butter without gravel—l mean gravelled roads." "In the Soutb, wher we go shopping, we change sixpence, so that people shall not se9 that we have plenty of moneys. As you come further north people are dukes and duchesses and up here they seem to be princesses as far as spending capacity goes." "It cost us as much as 10s 6d per yard to get metal on our roads in Patea." " I think all the suggestions we make should be as clear as possible. At preteut half the ratepayers' money is spent in trving to get the laws defined." " A bit of New Zealand bush presents very nice scenery, but when you are wading up to your knees in mud there is not much pleasure in looking at it."
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Opunake Times, Volume IX, Issue 413, 26 August 1898, Page 4
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210Counties' Conference. Opunake Times, Volume IX, Issue 413, 26 August 1898, Page 4
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