TIN HARE INQUIRY

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 August 1932, Page 7

TIN HARE INQUIRY

EX-MINISTER EXONERATED.

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SYDNEY, August 11. At the mechanical hare inquiry, Mr. J. Tulley, former Minister of Lands, denied the statements made' by Redmond Barry that he (Tully) had inter- . ested himself in tin hare legislation. He added that he- had never heard any specific licenses discussed by v the Lang Cabinet, of which he was a member. Whenever tin hares were mentioned by his constituents, of whom Barry was one, he was always careful to refer them to the Chief Secretary’s Department, which dealt with the matter. Mr. Horsington, Member of Parlament for Broken Hill,, denied having advised a former witness, Matthews, to .1 see Swindell when spoken to about a license for Broken Hill. Referring to Krantz, who gave evidence in August (saying Broken Hill business interests wanted a tin hare license without anybody finding out their identity), Mr. Horsington said that Broken Hill had stood Krantz for 30 years, and if it would stand him, it would stand anything. ' J. Robinson, hotelkeeper at Armidale, gave evidence that Swindell told him it would cost £l3OO as a procuration fee to get a license for Armidale, ' Witness said the sum was later modified to £lOOO, but even this “struck ' him as a bit over the fence,” and he dropped it. The Royal Commissioner intimated that he did not think that Mr. Tully had anything to answer, and he released him from the proceedings. > The hearing was adjourned.