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QUEENSLAND MINING ' DISCLOSURES IN HOUBE United Fnia AuocUtloa—B7 Btetrit Hi. srspb—Copyright. . (Received sth October, moon.) BRISBANE, This Day. Heated references were made in ih« Assembly to the affairs of the Mount Isa Proprietary Silver-liead, Ltd. Mr. Kelso, a member, said that h« considered the facts disclosed one ot the biggest scandals on record. The debate arose on the second reading of the Bill to ratify an agreement giving the Mining Trust, Ltd;, prospecting rights over a hundred thousand acres on the Burketown mineral field. The sensational allegations made by Mr. Kelso involved the ex-Labour Premiers, Mr. E. G. Theodore and Mr. ll\ M'Cormack. Mr. Kelso declared that shareholders of Mount Isa made a. profit of £100,000 at4he expense of the public. The records would show, that Messrs. Theodore and M'Corznaek among others, were shareholders. '
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 84, 5 October 1929, Page 9
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