BENT CHARGES INQUIRY.
COMMISSION'S POWERS. 7 'V :'v --V J ;.V ' ; •'>: ' EX-MINISTER REFUSES TO SPEAK. ~ (By - : Telegrapi.—Press ■ Association.—Copyright-) ! Molbourno, June 30. . Tho Royal Commission appointed to inquire tlio land - transactions;,of: .Sir'; Thomas Bent, the. la to Premier, lion been interrupted, owing to tho lcfusal of Mr. J E Mackey (whp : - waa Minister for Lands in tho l Bent I Government) to disclose what had taken placo in tho Cabinet. - . ' -The chairman ■ (Mr. .W. • Hutchinson,' ■M.L.A.) 1 held that the Kingls Commission to inqtiiro -into , the actions of a Minister .would override, 'an oath': taken oiil joining -Cabinet. Tho v Governor would *bo Vcquesled to, give, permission to Mr. Mackey to state ..what he knows of;,tlie matter, •. .*; ■ -
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 548, 1 July 1909, Page 5
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116BENT CHARGES INQUIRY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 548, 1 July 1909, Page 5
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