N.S.W. GRAFT CHARGES.
MINISTERS EXONERATED. I A. and N.Z. SYDNEY, Dec. 21. Mr. Justice Pring, who was commissioned to inquire whether any money was t paid to any person as an inducement to i any member ai the Ministry to close the | Royal Commission into the Georgeson ! wheat contract, reports that he is unable to state the real facts definitely, but "he completely exonerates Mr. T. D. Mutch, Minister * for Education, and Mr. .J. Dooley, Chief Secretary, from complicity and knowledge of £500 paid by J. J. Tal- ' bot to V. C. R. W. Johnston, member for Bathhurst. None of those named endeavoured to influence the Government in connection with the Wheat Commission, but it was by no means certain that Johnston had given a full and truthful ; account of the dealings between himself and Talbot, who, Mr. Justice Bring adds, was quite unreliable and would not hesitate to descend to corrupt practices tc . gain his awn ends. j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17661, 23 December 1920, Page 7
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