OBITUARY.
JAMES BENNETT, M.P. Per Press Association. , , t Give, Last Night. Mr Bennett, Mi', for Tuapeka, aicd at lus residence, itae's Junction, this morning Deceased was a leading fi „. Un: m the Oeaumont district, and was closely identified with the public lif t . of Hie place. He was a member of the luapeka County Council since its inception m the seventies. fie first en tered the House in 1808 , wh J™ £ Z?V l *?T llnw,ilI 8» '""1 Eraser. In IWJ2 he defeated Mr. R. Gilkinso,, by M votes, and was sucessful again over the same opponent, at last election by do e votes. He arrived i, t . district from Victoria in 1803, „„, , took up an agricultural and pastor,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 113, 4 May 1908, Page 2
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118OBITUARY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 113, 4 May 1908, Page 2
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