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John William Binns, of Ponsonby, died on the 22nd. Deceased retired ♦'o rest on the previous evening complaining of pains in the head, and grew gradually worse, and died before medical aid, which had been summoned, arrived. Hector M'Donald, one of the oldest identities, died at Waipu, aged 97 years. A meeting of the Gisborne Farmers' Union adopted resolutions that loans to local bodies 6hould be relieved of a mortgage tax, and ratepayers should have the appointment of at least one expert valuer to sit on the assessment bench ; that substantial contractors should be encouraged to take Government contracts, and competent men should have preference to co-operative labour ; that the Government should be approached with a view of getting a reduction of the land tax.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2511, 30 April 1902, Page 53
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126AUCKLAND Otago Witness, Issue 2511, 30 April 1902, Page 53
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