THE LAND SCANDAL.
WHOLESALE BRIBERY.
By telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright Sydney, August 15, A witness before the Land Commission said he paid £9OO to Peter Close, a mem. her of a Bydney firm, to jog the memory of the Department and expedite the gazetting of leases. . Another witness paid Willis £250 whether he secured a lease or not, and offered to present a further £1250 if the lease was seoured« Willis got £lsoo*
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1534, 16 August 1905, Page 2
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73THE LAND SCANDAL. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1534, 16 August 1905, Page 2
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