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A TELEGRAPHIC ERROR. WAIHI, October 17. A curious mistake in the transmission of a telegram to the Mayor of Waihi (Ml J. Newth) led to a deputation of the business men and property-owners waiting upon him this afternoon. It appears thai the telegram, as received by the Mayor, was as follows: —" Did town properties increase in value as the result of abolishing licenses?" The Mayor's answer waa "No." This answer was the text for a public statement by the no-license leaders that property values had decidedly increased in Waihi during no-license, and the deputation waited on the Mayor in connection with these statements. The Mayor explained that a reference to the original copy received from Wellington showed that the word "increase" should have been "decrease." He further stated that if the telegram had been received as put in at the Te Aroha office, his reply would have been " Yes," as, in his opinion, Waihi • had not received either moral or material benefit as a result of no-license. The Mayor has made a statutory declaration to the above effiect.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3006, 25 October 1911, Page 63
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