The Noxious Weeds Bill.
TO THB EDITOB. Sih, The Government have eliminated from the Noxious Weeds Bill some of the clauses which were palpable absurdities. The bill is not altered out of any consideration for the farming interest, but because the Government are afraid it would lose them too many votes if ttey tried to cairy it with all its iniquities. Let farmers remember that a member of the present Ministry— a Minister who, as far as they are concerned, has more power than any other for good or evil— brought in a bill to fine them or send them to prison, if within so many days they did not eradicate eradicable weeds. Let • farmers remember this, and by their uoited vote at next elections Bhow that they will have nothing to do with men who will atback them with such noxious measures. — I am, &c, . , Ngapara, July 31. ■ Robert Paulin.
During the month of July the Public Trustee dealt with 35 estates, the highest being th&se of John Hill, £4500 ; David Fraser, £2500 ; Sophia Laws, £900; Emma Turnbull, £600; Henry Whitford, £250,
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Otago Witness, Issue 2059, 10 August 1893, Page 13
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183The Noxious Weeds Bill. Otago Witness, Issue 2059, 10 August 1893, Page 13
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