ALLEGED CORRUPTION

Evening Star, Issue 21053, 16 March 1932, Page 7

ALLEGED CORRUPTION

TIN HARE RACING NEW SOUTH WALES LICENSES pres* Association —By Telegraph—Copyright, SYDNEY, March 15. la tlio Assembly to-day Mr Stevens, the Acting-Leader of the Opposition, askd for_ the appointmwont of a Royal Commission to inquire into tin hare racing. He said lie hold statutory declarations referring to corrupt bargains and licenses, “ which implicate certain members of the Ministry and a high Government official.” Mr .Stevens moved that the commission should consist of a Supreme Court judge empowered to inquire into: (1)_ Allegations of corruption concerning the parties indicated during the year 1927, and to the present time; (2) all the circumstances surrounding the issue of licenses and the disposal of shares in greyhound coursing companies. A motion that the matter be dealt with as one of urgency was defeated bv 45 votes to 30.

DOCUMENTS HANDED TO PRESS. SYDNEY, March 15. Among the documents in the possession of Mr Stevens, whose speech was handed to the Press, was a letter from a firm of chartered accountants containing an offer of 5,000 shares in Australian Coursing Club Ltd., to a certain man “for propaganda” in securing the legislative reintroduction of tin hare racing in New South Wales. Another letter contained an offer of advertising space worth £I,OOO to a Labour newspaper for its services to tin hare racing. Other allegations dealt with Judge Swindell’s share in the dealings, and a statement that a certain Minister of the Crown demanded £I,OOO in cash instead of shares before ho would act for the benefit of greyhound racing.