ALLEGED BRIBERY.
QUEENSLAND SCANDAL
COMMISSION TO INQUIRE
(Received October 10, 11.5 p.m.) BRISBANE. Oct. 10,
Considorablo discussion has taken place in the Queensland Legislative Assembly about the actions of prominent people interested in tho Mungana oil leases and the Mount Isa silver and lead field. It has been alleged that pressure was brought to bear upon the former Labour Ministry to build a, railway to Mount Isa and to purchase the Mungana leases for £40,000, in consideration of gifts of shares. Tho Minister of Railways, Mr. G. Morgan, stated in the Assembly that Mr. Randolph Bedford, Labour member for Warrego, had, "out of tho goodness of his heart," given shares to certain friends, including Mr. E. G. Theodore, former Premier of tho State, now deputy leader of the Federal Labour Party, to Mr. William McCormack, also a former Premier of Queensland, and to Mr. A. J. Jones, ex-Minister of Mines. It, is further alleged that the gift of shares was worth thousands of pounds. Tho Premier, Mr. A. E. Moore, has agreed to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate tho scandals, but the inquiry will not bo commenced until Mr. McCormack returns from England.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20383, 11 October 1929, Page 13
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