MR. MASSEY AGAIN.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. At the Mokau Committee this morning Sir James Carroll asked Mr Massey to explain his reference at Levin, "That what had been sold had been the right to exploit settlers, and it was done by virtue of . a wretched little provision Avhich had been slipped into the Native Land Act to permit of an Order-in-Coun-cil. This was the sort of thing that .was happening." Sir James Carroll thought it only fair to the Government that this question should be asked, as the paragraph directly charged the Government with having specially designed this clause. Mr Massey denied having said so, but stated that when the head of the Department had been examined he asked the - question whether the clause m question was designed to meet this case, and witness said "No." Mr Massey, however, said that m his opinion the power was one which should not be there. He himself was away from the House when the clause was inscribed; but anyway it was customary to leave Native Bills to the Native Committee, and he would probably not have noticed it. This was all the evidence taken.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1258, 12 October 1911, Page 5
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195MR. MASSEY AGAIN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1258, 12 October 1911, Page 5
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