CORRUPTION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
1■ . I MINISTERS' RESIGNATIONS. United Pr»s AsMtiiaiion— By EtaWo Telegraph— Copyright. (Received, June 10, 10.21 a.m.) 1- OTTAWA, Juno 9. It is now stated that the dismissal by Colonel Prior, the Premier of British Co- , lumbia, of his from office wa« merely dlue to a difference of opinion as to the. interpretation of Itoe Independence of Parliament Act. (On May 27 Colonel Pribr x Premier of British Columbia, ; demanded the resignation? of Mr W<^Q. Well*, Commißsioner of • Lands, and Mr I}.- M. Eberts,; AttorneyGeneral,, owing to the lands inoident, cabled on May 16, w^ioh was aa foUowsi-^The Chief Commissioner «f Lands in; British - Columbia states that the Columbia Western Railway Company offered ihim 30,000 acres if he would issue to it Crown grants for -six 'Infndred thoußandi acres of valuable coal and petroleum lands in the Kootenajr district. The grants were signed, but" can- v celled.) -
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7727, 10 June 1903, Page 2
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