SUPPOSED LAND DUMMY CASE.
[By Telegraph. J
Dunedin, May 28. At the Land Board yesterday, Mr McKenzie moved for an enquiry under the Land Board Inquiry Act as to the occupation of Benmore run, an endow* men t of the Otago University, which waa leased to Mr C. Begg as Attorney for a Mr W. Docherty of London. Mr McKenzie said the allegation of the settlers in the district was that Docherty was a dummy for E. Campbell and Sons. Consideration of the matter was postponed for a week so that a legal opinion might be obtained as to whether the run comes within the scope of the Inquiry Act.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3788, 28 May 1885, Page 2
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