WHEAT ACQUISITION BILL
RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF GRAFT. Sydney, February -1. In the Assembly, the Solicitor-Gen-eral (Hon. D. 11. Hall) tabled papers dealing with the allegation that £1000 bad been paid Ministers in connection wHb tho passage of the Wheat Acqulai.
tion Bill. Police inquiries disclosed that a commission agent and another largely interested in wheat contracts engaged the services of a Sydney solicitor with a view of securing the cancellation of these contracts, and promising him payment of £1000 for his professional services, of which £360 had been paid. The papers completely exonerated Ministers and members of Parliament.
FLOUR UP TO £16 10s. Melbourne, February 4. The Millers'- Association has advanced the price of flour ten shillings, making it £16 10s. per short ton.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2377, 5 February 1915, Page 5
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124WHEAT ACQUISITION BILL Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2377, 5 February 1915, Page 5
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