THE LAND SCANDAL.
STARTLING DISCLOSURES,
MONEY FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
By telegraph, Press Ass n, Copyright lkc.>ivoJ 9.51 p.iu., Aug. 9. Sydney, August 9. A dotootivo loaves on Saturday for Durban So bring baok Willis. At tho Lands Commission ovidonoo was given that £2i> was pa<d to Clara, uiombar of the Assorubly, in oonnootion with getting a loaso through. Hugh McDonald, another im'iubpr, admittod that ha had received TSO in connection with another loaso. lie explained that the applicant wat a friend, and he accepted the money as a friendly gift. One witness deposed that no land agent could obtain an improvement lease. Only three uson in Sydney could do sc, Willis, Batb, and Close. Ho explained that Shis was during the timo of Crick and O'Sullivan as Ministers. Further export ovidneo was given pointing to the forgory of signatures on applications for land.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1529, 10 August 1905, Page 3
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144THE LAND SCANDAL. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1529, 10 August 1905, Page 3
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