NEARING THE END.
THE MOKAU INQUIRY. HEARING OF'EVIDENCE CON- , CLUDES.
li*ER PRESS ASSOCIATION.! WELLINGTON, Sept. 21. AVhen the Mokau inquiry was resumed, Mr. Thomas William Fisher, Undersecretary for Native Affairs, made, a statement relating to the application for and the issuing of an. Order-in-Council. Witness suggested that Mr. Bowler’s service as trustee should be remunerated, hut than the remuneration is paid into the public account and not to Air. Bowler. In witness’s opinion the block, when roaded and settled, will not be worth more than £70,000. Since 1909 thirteen Orders-in-Council regarding Native lands had been issued, the areas concerned varying from 1 to 8000 acres. This ,was all the evidence taken today, and there will be no. more witnesses, although there is a possibility that Air. : Jones may be granted leave to make a statement to-morrow.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19110922.2.49
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3329, 22 September 1911, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
136NEARING THE END. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3329, 22 September 1911, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in