PREMIER AND BARONET.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 219, 15 September 1924, Page 5

PREMIER AND BARONET.

MACDONALD'S HARD WORK. THE SHARES - SCANDAL." KILLING A CANARD. (By Cable. -Press Association.—Copyright.? (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, September 14. ~ Sir Alexander Grant, interviewed by the Sunday Express," eaid that Mr. Ramsay MaeDonald's explanation of the «' eS transa ction was correct. "Shortly after becoming Prime Minister." said Sir Alexander, "he stayed with mc at Edinburgh looking very* ill. \\ hen I learned lie was travelling on the London underground railways I felt he was overdoing it. "For instance, after he delivered a fine speech at the Pilgrims' dinner, he took train to Chequers, where there was an old Ford car waiting. I suggested that I would give him a motor car. "Mr. Mac Donald replied, 'There are only three men from whom I would accept one. You are one of the three.' That is the whole story. I think the nation ought to be grateful to mc for doing something to preserve the health of a man whose work is national." —(A. and N.Z. Cable.) Mr. Mac Donald, questioned at Lossiemouth, Elginshire, Scotland, regarding! the purchase of shares, said: "The capi- i tal was not mine; I only technically own ! the shares. The matter has nothing to do tvith politics. Sir Alexander Grant received the baronetcy in recognition of ! his public services, including the gift of a national library to Scotland." The "Morning Post" points out that the transaction -in shares is on public J record at the registry at Edinburgh, and i that there was no attempt at concealment.