MINISTER REFUTES GRAFT ALLEGATIONS.
(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received May 19, 9.40 a.m.) OTTAWA, May 18. Mr W. J. Egan, Minister of Immigration, has refuted the graft charges in connection with immigration permits. Before the inquiry he stated that of the 3061 permits issued 2900 were sponsored by Members of Parliament. No one did so for gain, and not one officer in the Department received one cent. The Department had discovered attempts to use bogus permits, but not one passed the officers. The matter was placed in the hands of the Mounted Police, and one man was apprehended. He had received complaints of two instances where money had been taken for permits.—Australian Press Association.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18467, 19 May 1928, Page 2
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