THE LAND BILL.
ITS RUMOURED .ABANDONMENT. DENIED BY THE ACTING-PREMIER. Per ■ Press Association. WELLINGTON, February 22. The statement made in the, telegram frorn) Wa.iroa yesterday that the Native Minister in the couree of a speech in. that town indicated the probability that'the Land BilJ would be dropped, was brought under th& iKitice of the by an" Evening Post" reporter this 'morning. The Hon. W. Hall-Jones 'informed! the interviewer that the Government had no intention to" drop the Bill, which, he considered, was iiv accordance with' the wishes of the great.majority of 'the, people, and., of the members of th& House. He could not cred.ir that the.Native Minister had made the statement attributed to him, and he felt that his colleague had be&m misreported. ..:-,,..-. ~,.,.... ..;..':•.,.■,. ,' v ■
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13218, 23 February 1907, Page 5
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124THE LAND BILL. Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13218, 23 February 1907, Page 5
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