£l000 IN NOTES

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 265, 4 August 1932, Page 9

£l000 IN NOTES

Trusted Mr. Swindell A TIN HARE LICENSE Witness’s Story Denied By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyrirht. (Rec. August 3, 7.55 p.m.) Sydney, August 3. At the mechanical hare inquiry today Frederick Cowdroy said that he gave Mr. Frederick Swindell £lOOO in notes “to allow him to form a company and get a license for greyhound racing at Wollongong.” Witness received no receipt and was not told anything about the destination of the money. Mr. Swindell had told him that he could not get a license without money. The Royal Commissioner: You believed that if you did not pay £lOOO you would be unable to get a license? Witness: Yes: The money was paid on January 6 and the license was granted on January 20. The Commissioner: I take it you assumed that the Chief Secretary, Mr. Gosling, knew Mr. Swindell was helping you to get a license? Witness: No. The Commissioner: Why did you not say to the Minister, “What right has this man Swindell to Interfere”? Witness: It never occurred to me. I was paying good money to get something. The Commissioner: You simply trusted Providence? Witness: Yes. Mr. Swindell said, “You will have to trust me,” and I did. Frederick Swindell, recalled, denied Mr. Cowdroy’s evidence. He was emphatic that no money was received, although there was a discussion about a license for Wollongong. Mr. Swindell also denied acquaintance with Mr. Lang, whom he had never met, he said. Mr. Swindell explained several payments to Mr. Kelghery, whose evidence has already been reported, by stating that Mr. Kelghery had to do a lot of entertaining. His hand was always in his pocket. He was a sort of “contact man.”- Mr. Swindell then explained his relations with Mr. Jack Munro,saying that Mr. Munro at one stage gave him the impression that he was fed up with things generally, and was being harassed by creditors of the Australian Coursing Company. Mr. Swindell said he offered him 10,000 shares, and between three and four thousand pounds in cash to pay his debts, but the offer was rejected, i Mr. Swindell denied that there was enmity between himself and Mr. Munro. The hearing was adjourned.