MARCONI INQUIRY.
CHURCHILL'S INDIGNATION. "LIAR AND SLANDERER." (Received 11.15 a.m.} LONDON, April 28. At the Marconi inquiry, Mr Powell (editor of the "Financial News") gave evidence that on April 18 there was a crowd of stockbrokers and the public clamouring for Marconi shares, while four insiders—Messrs Heybourne, Harry Isaacs, Marconi, and Sir Rufus Isaacs— dominated and controlled the market. Powell, under pressure, admitted that he has heard rumours that Mr Winston Churchill had invested in Marconis. He did not believe the rumours. Mr Churchill, who was very indignant, was called. His evidence was that the charge was most insulting, and was based on tittle-tattle. He never dealt in Marconis, and if anyone said so he was a liar and a slanderer. The Chairman assured Mr Churchill that he only gave him the opportunity to deny the rumour. Mr Churchill refused to be mollified, and walkedeout indignantly.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 101, 29 April 1913, Page 5
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