CORRUPTION ALLEGED.
«, —. VICTORIAN LIQUOR TRADE. SERIOUS CHARGES MADE. A. and N.Z. MELBOURNE. April 21. Affidavits have been sworn by exmembers of the licensing police, who were dismissed for taking part in the police strike, alleging that corruption, collusion and intimidation were rife in the licensing branch of the Victorian police force in 1923. A Royal Commission was demanded by them at the* time of the strike. The men declare that in less than a year 80 charges were made against hotel and restaurant keepers by subordinate police, and were subsequently withdrawn after influence had been exerted by an ontside body. They also allege that the police received occasional instructions to kenp away from certain hotels, where functions were being held without the necessary permit from the Licensing Court.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18690, 22 April 1924, Page 7
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128CORRUPTION ALLEGED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18690, 22 April 1924, Page 7
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