Political Scandal at Sydney
(PBB PBBSS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, This Day. Messrs Barton and O'Connor have relinquished their briefs in the Proudfoot case. The reason they give is that the statement of the defence to the Railway Commissioners' claim in the will of the late David Proudfoot is insufficiently stamped, therefore, the plaintiffs were not administrators and could not prosecute as this would bring the Stamp Office, which is a Crown Department, into the conflict, and both Ministers felt compelled to withdraw from the case. Mr Barton referred to the matter in the Legislative Assembly i and explained he took the retainer more as a matter of bar etiquette than from any personal desire. He considered, however, the connection between the Railway Commissioners and the Government was a shadowy one. The conduct of the two Ministers has been the subject of much comment in the lobbies. Sir Henry Parkes characterised the action as. a glaring one, and says it must not be tolerated. Mr Lee, having a motion on the order paper on the subject, declines to accept Mr Barton's explanation and will force the matter to a division.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 131, 2 December 1893, Page 3
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