ALLEGATIONS WITHDRAWN
AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS METHODS.
NO EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION.
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Canberra, July 12.
Senator Reid to-day withdrew entirely the imputation of corruption against the Customs Department. He said: “I am unable to produce evidence of the particulars and therefore regret that I referred to the matter and with to withdraw it”
Allegations of corruption in the Customs Department were made by Senator Reid, Queensland, in the Senate. Senator Reid said that he knew of a case in which two firms competing against each other at Sydney imported the same article. A member of one firm noticed that the other firm was selling certain articles much more cheaply than he could afford to. Upon making inquiries he found that his opponent imported goods free of duty, and was told that if he advanced a tidy sum of money he would get his goods through free; also, he paid a bribe to save his business. The Minister of Customs, Mr. White, said that if Senator Reid supplied the particulars an immediate inquiry would - be instituted.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1933, Page 5
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