CONTRACT SCANDAL
STAY OF PROCEEDINGS. (Australian Press Association.) (Received 11.22 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Mr Justice Janies granted Babcock and Wilcox Limited a rule nisi calling upon Mr Gates, Stipendiary Magistrate to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not be issiied to restrain him from further proceedings upon convictions under the Secret Commissions Prohibition Act, upon which the firm was fined £IOOO and ordered to refund the City Council the sum of £IO,OOO. Mr Justice James also granted stay of proceedings as to the Magistrate’s order.
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Northern Advocate, 20 December 1928, Page 3
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88CONTRACT SCANDAL Northern Advocate, 20 December 1928, Page 3
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