MECHANICAL HARES.
FORMER MINISTER QUESTIONED. (Received August 12th, 8.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 12. At the mechanical hare enquiry to* day, M. Davidson, a former Minister for Public Works, whose name was mentioned in connexion with the "tin hare" license for Broken Hill, declared that lie hade no request to anybody for shares in any company being formed for Broken Hill, and nobody had any authority is use his name, Somebody had committed perjury in implicating him. The Royal Commissioner said he was satisfied that Davidson was not implicated. Davidson created mirth when he said Swindell had been introduced to him at the Stadium one night as "Judge" Swindell. He believed he came from Chicago originally. Mr Justice James had introduced him as "Judge" Swindell, and he had concluded that he was a man of some repute.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20624, 13 August 1932, Page 19
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