A BANKRUPT'S STATEMENTS
ENTERTAINING A CABINET MINISTER. fElee. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) (Received April 23, 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 23. Remarkable statements were made in the Bankruptcy Court by Albert Nash. Bankrupt gave evidence in connection with the expenditure of a certain sum owing to Customs' investigations regarding the gross price and discounts deducted on Walker and Hall's goods. Witness, desiring to placate the Customs Department^ went to Melbourne, and entertained Mr. Tudor, then Minister of Customs, at luncheon several times. He presented Mr Tudor's wife through him with certain jewellery, although Mr. Tudor was quite innocent of th« reasons of these manipulations. Witness knew Mr. Tudor through witness being formerly president of the New South Wales Football League. Nash gave evidence that a New Zealand Government agant interviewed him regarding the gross price of goods, and whether he was crediting, unfair prices and discounts. Mr Tudor, interviewed, said when 'the House met on the morrow he would make a full statement on the matter.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14586, 23 April 1918, Page 3
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