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DEFAULTING SOLICITORS THE PROPOSAL DROPPED [ Special "Chronicle” Service ] WELLINGTON, Oct. 5. Something of a bombshell has been flung at the New Zealand Law Society by the announcement that the Bill introduced by the Council of the Society to provide a scheme of insurance for the general public against •defaulting solicitors has been dropped. Under the Bill the Law Society sought power to tax members of the profession an amount which was estimated to yield between £6OOO and £BOOO per year. Anxious to return to their electorates, the members of the House find that they must pettison a certain amount of legislation and the Bill has been crowded out, the committee of the House to which it was referred being unable to devote time to it
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 8
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127INSURANCE SCHEME Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 8
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