ALLEGED BRIBERY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13726, 16 October 1908, Page 5

ALLEGED BRIBERY.

charok .■mjaixst a I.ht.xslxo committkk. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND. October 15. Mr Moss, ill-' liuk-|vudtnt candidate'for Parnell, ova ted a sensation when addressing a meeting last night, by produc'ug a declaration signed by an ex-hotel keeper alleging slmt money had been paid to a bd-usiner coumiine..- io Kccuie the transfer of a license. The hoU-1 keeper asserted that eight years ago ho had a hotel in a country district and desixl to transfer hii license to another eciine 'n that •' • met. lie had financial dealings with ;i linn of hiewcis, who ivtidctcd ao ,u----count including tluee item* of £2OO each ai)d oiu- of £IOO. nc allied that h • \Sas informed that this £7OO had lieen paid to procure the approval <.! the- i.icci!«inj» t.'oiiinii.ue t«i tian.-l-r the liven.-c, ami The head of iiie Im-wne; -nun was a man of .-landing, ami he hope.! iiie iiuiiou! would be proved to be without foini l.i lion, but if he could do so h.- \.\lr Mo-si would (five £2O to any chaliiy ill- .in,: man would ehoo.-e to uioitimi. He was Sending ih.- er hotel keeper't. declaration to the head-of the ln/wiiij- linn lor denial. Hancock and L'o., replying to Mr Moss's statement, assert that tiiey asoi-t.d the liotelktepcr in question to acquire a portion of the laud and erect a n-w luidi' n„», but ih-' loiiip.iiiy had no iiiier.ei in tin. hole! beyond that oi lioldiu,; sLCUiity for liioiK-ys actually advanced. The hotelkeeper did te.rive the sums of money mentioned by Mo-s in the ii.i Mm- . luisiiK ss. but ttiv»e well- a< iti.il >..-h ioaik.. to himself. 'J he company -li.l tot !oie.'lo>e on the nnii(.;;iee, bill as liehotclkeeper intimated lita; h.- «,is t.iii-le to make ids badness pay. the torn; my lelcused hiln of his : ndcb;ediic.'.> by t.d. ni£ over the s.ciirjtit-s. him £'i.'.'!.>. and re!<Ni«in;f collateral .i-si-;- untih . ( Vti' £ifco. The company was imw a",i *••:■! kto sell lite pHqwriv at h>.* than the actual co.-t. Th"' rompany's bu-i ,• „ transact mm, with the lu<:elkt-ep- r '■•< (' ( in duly, !9C6. Tm<* oi line- moid.. a»o ih-- hoicll.e<per u.aii.- ,i ihieat i!n: iinh«s paid a loiisiilciable -.inn he Mould atcll.'-'- the ntiupaiiv as he had doiu■ihto::- ' ! Ml Mil--, but til" cotiijjiiiiy declined to be .Lawn inio' a' publie'iiis..'.:.- on !htoii..»' Ml Moss who was probably aciine, as the in tclk-eper's- tniicitfif ro* obtain ..\id cue- to i-übslalitijte tin. threatened a< i o;t mmmmanmommmmtmTU i mhi 11^