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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11365, 11 October 1917, Page 8

Included in the ns mes cfil;ed up in the last ballot was William Ebbett, of Marion] who enlisted twice and was rejected as medically unfit. A star shonld have prefixed hia name. Daring the discussion on the cost of gas, at the Ratepayers’ nueHmat Marlon last evening, Or Rush said that it was impossible to reduce the cost at present as the coat of production was rapidly incr. using. He considered that a mistake the Council had made was in putting Hie gas profits into olher works. They were bleeding the gss works to maintain the other works of the town. Mr Sicely said that: at present tho gas •works were bleeding the consumers, Cr. Rush objected to this statement. Ho said that for the size of the town, Marlon was supplying very cheap gas,