Replying to a deputation in Christchurch, the Minister of Lands (Mr A. D. M'Leod) foreshadowed legislation enabling' the Government to sell many small reserves taken from subdivisions of land, the money to be used for helping the larger domains. The safety of the working conditions of the new railway marshalling yard at Middleton will be investigated when tho inquest touching the death of Horace Gordon Grose, a shunter, is resumed. In the meantime considerable uneasiness s stated to be felt by the men employed at the yard, and the manner in which some of them are carryingout their duties has been described by officials as a form of passive resistance.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3860, 6 March 1928, Page 76
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