COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1562, 4 October 1912, Page 8

COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE.

THE OTHER KIUEOFTKE QUESTION. "Since hanging my statement to the prois in reference to the petition present- , ccl to the Victorian Legislative Assembly," writes Mr. Leslie, local secretary of the. Colonial Mutual Life Office, "files of the, Melbourne papers containing full particulars of the society's reply to Ihe charges •brought against it have" come to hand. II: is somewhat surprising, in view, of tho extraordinary publicity given ( n (he.'o charges by the Press Association, in A tralasia. thai the evidence given by lha society in refutation was not also cabled hevr. "A complete and convincing reply to tho allegations contained in the petition has been made by (he socielv. supported by sworn declarations. Tim "Argus'' of liTHi ullo., in .-l loading article, • hlroniljsyinpathctic with the society, stales''Had the Attornoy-Or.eral. taken the Irouble eicn '.« nuikn a cur-ory invesiigalion into Hie allcpitions of, li'e petili r oii he would have lo advise tho f'flliinor, lo tal;o Hie extraordinary cour-.o which has amazed llu , coiiininnifv'!' "It appeals Hint in lumping up Hk> Gill wlncli the society had introduced In adiint »_ tiThnicnl flaw in its ronsiitntioii,'flic • lOVonimt'iil acted on a jie'itioii• containiug a copy of an alleged declaration made by a di.-inif-ed officer. The original dpcln ration cannot 1) , . , I raw!. uoilliced thai if Hie original'dncuiiwnl'b'n prodiici'd, they will iir-litule a prns-pciiiinn, fur perjury. "The .•videnre sulmiillcd by Hi,. ,nci"| v in rnfutalion of the alleinttons i« much fno lengthy lo reproduce li<.r", Iml ~ pcrnpat nf the "Arsu-." rrferred to will show thai: a urave blunder has Keen mado in. credence beinz givn to ih;ir-.-e- ni r,,| o by tho pptfliom'is, charger- »- - htch fo far nrn enlirely uusupporlcU by any e\j.