POLITICAL SCANDALS.
A PENIAL BY STR WILLIAM LYNE. THE BUTTER COMMITS TON. ma ■ ''111 (Received 10,39 Rgßi} ■ d MELiLtUbKAi., 1....-1 b../. Sir William Lyne, Federal Home •Secretary, states there is not a scintilla of truth in the statement attributed to Mr Bird, harbourmaster at Sydney, that he had to ' pay Sir William £500 for his ap--pointment, thus leading to tarikruptcy. Sir Wra. Lyn© courts the 1 fullest inquiry, i At tho sitting of the Uutter CQmmission at Sydney a wiintss- , stated that there was not the- , slightest doubt that butter freightswould havo 'been reduced to a halfpenny but for the existence of a' secret commission. He characterised the manager of the P. and 0.. Company's statements nboufc brokerage as a " fairy tale."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue XXXIX, 14 December 1904, Page 2
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