WHEAT ACQUISITION BILL.
ALLEG ATIONS AGAINST
MINISTERS
PROVED TO BE UNFOUNDED
YRereivod Feb. 4, 9.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 4. In the- A.^embly, Mr Hall taWed papers dealing with the allegation that £1000 was paid to Ministers'in connection with the passage of the Wheat Acquisition Bill. Police inquiries disclosed that a commission agent and another largely^ interested iii wheat contracts engaged' the sea-vices of a Sydney solicitor with a view to securing the cancellation of those contract.*, and promising payment of £1000" for professional services, and £360 of this was paid. The papers completely exonerated" Ministers and Members of Parliament. , ' '
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 29, 4 February 1915, Page 5
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99WHEAT ACQUISITION BILL. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 29, 4 February 1915, Page 5
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