BADAK MINE CASE.
NEW TRIAL BEGINS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received April 21, 11.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, April 21. The new trial of Henry Scarborough, Alfred Clarke, and Thomas West Orton for conspiracy in the Badak mine case was commenced in th© Criminal Court. The proceedings are expected to last some days. The hearing of th© charges of conspiracy to defraud against Henry Scarborough, Alfred Clarke and Thomas : West Orton in connection with the | Badak tin mine shares sensation comI me need on Wednesday, February 1. Or- | ton. a mining engineer, as the representative in the Federated Malay i States, made the first test boring on ! th© syndicate’s Jeneri property at Kedah, and it was on his reports of ; enormously rich tin deposit© that the j Badak £lO shares rose at a phenomenal i rate until they reached about £2OOO ; each. At the height of the Badak boom he returned to Melbourne and | remained there during th© sensational 1 disclosures as to the worthlessness of tli© Badak property, aa a mining field. On February 15 last the three accußed were committed for trial.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16714, 21 April 1922, Page 7
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