ATTEMPT TO BRIBE MINISTER FAILS.
SENSATIONAL CHARGE MADE BY BAVIN. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, December 4. A case of pipes and an envelope containing two £IOO notes, it is alleged, were placed on a table before Mr A. E. Bruntnell, the Chief Secretary, some days ago, b\- a prominent Nationalist member, on behalf of an Ashfield constituent. The incident has now developed into a first-class political sensation. The Premier, Mr Bavin, to-day directed the Crown law authorities to prosecute the person alleged to have been responsible for the attempt to bribe the Chief Secretary. The Premier is of opinion that the £2OO was evidently intended to influence the Chief Secretary to favour a certain proposal. Mr Bavin is desirous of dispelling the illusion at once that Ministers are open to corruption. Mr Bruntnell at the outset declined the gifts and directed a departmental attendant to return them immediately the Nationalist member had left the room. It was then that the innocent envelope, containing £2OO, was discovered secreted beneath the case of pipes. Detectives to-night served a summons on a suburban omnibus proprietor (name not disclosed), charging him with attempting to bribe Mr Bruntnell.—Australian Press Association
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18629, 5 December 1928, Page 5
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