OVER THE FENCE

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 2796, 13 August 1932, Page 6

OVER THE FENCE

£IOOO TIN lIAHE LICENSE THE COMMISSION’S INQUIRY EX-MINISTER GIVES EVIDENCE fAust. ana N.Z. Cable) Sydney, Au».[ 11. At the mechanical hare inquiry today, Mr. J. Tully, a former Minister of Lauds, denied statements l>y Kedmoud Barry that he had interested himself in the tin have legislation, lie added that lit' ha I never heard specific licenses discussed by the lang Cabinet, of which he was a member. Whenever tin hares were mentioned by his constituents, of whom Mr. Barry was one, lie was always careful to refer them to the Chief Secretary’s Department which dealt with the matter. M.\ IJcrsiiigliam. member of Parliament for Broken Hill, denied having advised a former witness. Matthews. to see Mr. Swindell when sirnken to about a license for Broken Ilill. Referring to Ralph Kruntz, who gave evidence on Tuesday, Mr. i lorsin..chain said that Broken llill

had stoo l him for 30 years and if it would stand him it would stand anything. Mr. -T. Robinson, a hotelkeeper at; Armidalo, gave evidence that Mr. Swindell tol l him that it would cost £I3OO as procuration fee to get a license for Armidale. Witness said the sum. was later modified to £IOOO. but even this •’struck him as a bit. over the fence.” and he dropped it. The Roy; 1 Commissioner intimated that he did not think Mr. Tully had anything to answer and released him from tin' proceedings. The hearing was adjourned.