DIVORCE PETITION

Grey River Argus, 21 May 1928, Page 5

DIVORCE PETITION

BY MRS MALING Sidelight on Sydney Graft Inquiry t (Received Mnv 20 at 5 5 p.m.) 1 SYDNEY. May 20. f Mrs Olive Milling is pet t ioniiiir t’-i' ' a divorce from Silas Miilinp, uliw t Citv Council Eb.trieit ■ Depart., nt a . tivities there is n Roynl f’onimi nun in- , quiring into. ... . , A copy of the petition lias also been ( served upon Mrs Dittoek, who was | mentioned in the Royal Comm:-sion re- . port on Friday. i The witness Arnot on Friday said Mrs Pittock. who said that ,e ramfrom Mailing. went to hi- (Arnot’s) office, and told him that the income tax people had found out all al.< at the money sent to Buckle, and had made demands for a payment of CJCoO ster. ling in taxation. Mr. Pit...-.: then asked witness if be would . . witness replied that lie would have nothing more to do with the matter, and ■would rather that the whole of the facts were made public. PL- woman replied that it was wry unfortunate, as she would have to pay the money, and she was going to consult a solicitor. The woman later telephoned him, and he made an appointment to meet her at the vestihnl' of the City Hotel, where Mrs Pittoik informed him that the position was very serious as deteetive s were mt .-stigating the Whole matt r. Willies- repeated to her that he could nut help. and would rather have the whole facts made public, as his firm was disgusted with the whole thing. THE "GRAFT” CHARGES. ' SYDNEY, May 19. The Civic Royal Commissioner, at ter completion of the Maling inquiry, will opoil an inquiry into the coal and other contracts during the Labour regime giving particular attention to manner in which £15,000 was alleged ly remitted to Sydney by the International Combustion Coy., watch will involve the conduct of certain former Al d ran en.