AMERICAN ITER.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. MR DEN BY RF.SIGNS. (Received this day at 10 a.in.) WASHINGTON. February 18. Mr Kd.win Donhv has resigned the Secretaryship of the Navy, following on a conversation with President Coolidge, which all the latest aspect;; of the nival reserves oil leasing situation "ere talked over. Mr Denhy was not only a part-v'to the oil leases, hut repeatedly defended his part in the leasing proceedings and declared publicly that lie , believed in the contracts. The admiuist ration has undertaken the oil lease annulment suits, and it was pointed out ti Mr Coolidge that it was inconsistent to 1 1 avc a member of the Cabinet declaring the legality of leases, while the administration itself was moving in the Court to annul the leases on the ground that they were made without the authority of law. Mr Denhy’s resignation was accepted.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1924, Page 3
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146AMERICAN ITER. Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1924, Page 3
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