STATE INQUIRY INTO BRIBERY CHARGES ASKED.
N.S.W. MINERS URGE ROYAL COMMISSION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY* February 9. Mr E. A. Buttenshaw. acting Premier, announced that the Council of the Miners’ Federation had written to him Stating that: “In view of the fact that Mr Hoare alleged that Mr D. Cook, who claimed to be acting on behalf of Mr N. R. Kirk, who, we understand, is a director of the Stockton Borehole Colliery. >had paid him considerable amounts from time to time to keep the mine continuously working, and that Mr Hoare further alleges that Mr Cook, by strong inference, implicated others as having received payments for such purposes, we ask the Ministry to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into .the charges.” Mr Buttenshaw informed the council that he would have to discuss the matter with Cabinet before a Royal Commission could be appointed.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18385, 10 February 1928, Page 10
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