OIL DUTIES.
- —i ♦ —; — - ' CHARGES OF CORRUPTION. j •' BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS 'ASSOCIATION— COPYEIGnT. i. I" 'I Melbourne, March 30 ( , - A l 'committee is being formed, to deal, with , charges iof • corruption , against certain mem- ■ berS 'of (the Federal Parliament,. for, it, is -alleged,'isellmg'-thoirvotes.-m-connection with tho oil duties j : -' )ihe^(MeraWfiouU' of two iT.;«. 6r>,three ;weeks r ago/;a;,paragraph,:publi,shedrin ; a Svdniy weekly, newspaper ;vas read Dr. lidacll,..> the effect that tivo T°nefi in > ' - the - Federal Parliament;, had >jeceived ;.^2OOO -for. changing thoir .views on tiro necessity tor, taxing tha produce of. the Standard...Oil.Coni- • ,: . , paris , r>and,» J - m other .waya.-. Dr. Xjiclclc 11 kcxl tho .Prime Minister-iii.he' was going :to allow, airefleohon. ■• ;of tbis'-soif.to^res.t:- pnmembers.../y ; ; :-;y - - - -'Deakin said that.the paragraph referred -■■' hadbeen- brousbt :;.n'nder. r i:his.:':notice .-a v - m6ntb > ago. He' lvail 'lnqniretl uf vtho charge could -he made moro, definito, bat had receded • no 'reply .H : The' ; charße>madi>"was*a'.most,seri-' ' ons'one- • N<j. names' were \used; but. a- general, stdtdrttent-' was? s difficult; tovdeal jwith.,, 1 - ■/ Mr. "Wilks ' Let all l Tories stand up ' (Laughter) ' -'Mr-' Deakm-said-.that no indication- had been .[ ■ 'given 'as :to s " tho andiyidual'.to.whom the, pari-, > graph':' related. Jle -:went ; : on' ; .tb.:; suggest -.'. that. -,v ;:j r steps' i account; ; -'m£iing^vimproperallegations: - against -membßrs of- Parliameut';. and ;ho',said - • lie would consider whether a small .commission =>- s KAi^^. ? ifoC^l»--app6i!ited;-Jto'_ ; go*;intb*'itllei iiutjtter. ti dealing with-newspaper, offenders. « . : :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 160, 31 March 1908, Page 7
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218OIL DUTIES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 160, 31 March 1908, Page 7
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