POLITICAL SENSATION.
ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO BRIBE. A PROSECUTION ORDERED. > - mind Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association) ■SYDNEY, Dec. 4. A case of pipes and an envelope containing two £IOO notes, it is alleged, were placed on the table before the Hon. Albert Bruntnell,'Colonial Secretary, -some days ago by a prominent Nationalist member on behalf of the Ashfield constituents. The incident has now developed into a first-class political sensation. The Premier, Mr T. R. Bavin, to-day directed th e Crown Law authorities to prosecute the person alleged to have been responsible for the attempt to bribe the Chief Secretary. The Premier is of opinion that the £2OO was evidently intended to influence the Chief Secretary to favour a certain proposal. Mr Bavin is desirous of dispelling at once any illusion that Ministers are open to corruption. Mr Bruntnell at the outset declined the gifts and directed a departmental attendant to return them immediately. Tho Naionalist member had lcf-t, the room. It 'was then that the innocentlooking envelope containing the £2OO was discovered secreted beneath the case of pipes. Detectives to-night served a summons on a suburban omnibus proprietor, whose name has not been disclosed, charging him with attempting to bribe Mr Bruntnell.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 December 1928, Page 5
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203POLITICAL SENSATION. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 December 1928, Page 5
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