CANADA.
THE CHARGES OF CORRUPTION. [Special to Press Association.] [Received August 15. at 10.20 a.m.l OTTAWA, August 14. The Government baa accepted a motion to the effect that the acceptance, by a Minister, of gifts from contractors and others is opposed to the common weal. Sir H. Langevin has admitted asking Peters, the contractor, and M‘Greevy, for election expenses. His examination has now closed, and ia generally considered to have damaged bis position. [Received August 16, at 6 p.m.] August 15. The Hon Pierre Carnean, Commissioner of Public Works, Quebec, declined ’to give evidence before the Committee respecting the alleged corrupt practices in connection with the Baie Chaleur railway contracts. The Hon A. J. Chapleau | refused to produce the public accounts to the Committee, which, it is alleged, would prove him to be as guilty as Sir H. Langevin in corrupt dealings with public works contracts. During the wrangle the Hon J. G. Haggart, PostmasterGeneral, challenged Mr W. Mulcock, a member of the House of Commons, to a fight, [Received August 17, at 12.40 a.m.] August 16. The contractor for the railway admitted that he paid an agent of M. Mercier, Premier of Quebec, the sum of HSjOOOdols for securing him subsidies in connection with the contract.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9494, 17 August 1891, Page 5
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