TIN HARE SCANDAL

Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1932, Page 5

TIN HARE SCANDAL

SWINDELL’S PART COMMISSIONER SPEAKS PLAINLY (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY, July 19. At the mechanical v hare inquiry, Jac-K Munro, LLj2jLitor of the Australian Ooiiikirlg' Club, was further examined. He expia.ned how h.s company and aaotlter company joined pooling tiicir shares and placing themselves unreservedly in the* hand of Judge .Swindell. , ■... . Counsel for Judge Swindpll sought to, assure the Royal Commissioner that no bribery or corruption of Crown witnqs.es was ever contemplated. The Commissioner . replied; f “The whole thing recks with trickery and dishonesty.”

Munro. added that the Premier’s Secretary, Mr McCauley, was mentioned in connection with, a tin hare license for Woolongong. A man named Cowdroy threatened to qiake,(;,disclosures, saying lie “would tell the world j” if foe did not get that license. He eventually did get it. He said that twelve thousand fully paid shares in -the Australian Coursing Club wore issued in the name of Mr Hutton, who did not get scrip. Judge SwindeiU later said: “Ido not want*, them in my name.” Mr Monahan, K.C., who is assisting, the ’bommissibr.'er :“You knew : that Judge Swindell was going to use these shares for bribery P” j Munro: “My opinion is that he wanted to make Sure of a holding in my company-—-in' fact, in every company conducting coursing.”

' John Bate>man } Director of the Greyhound poujrsing Association, ./related a conversation in which Judge Swindell told witness that he (Swindell) must have thiee seats on* his Board in order to get night betting restored .for dog racing. He (Swindell)) emphasised that “J.T.”, .presumably meaning the ex-Premier of N.S.W., Mr J. T. Lang, had insisted on that course. Judge Swindell duly ‘brought his three nominees along, and they-were accepted. Mr Monahan • asked: “Were .j you pleased?” - i Witness: “We reckoned that,: we were beaten by; Swindell 1’ ’ /’ ’ -Mr Mbnahan.j.d'After that, the voice of the -Board was the voice of Swindell?” f W ; '■,*

Witness: “Certainly!” Mr Monahan : “You understand - lr'm to say that he was working for Lang,, ■!>.. , Witness: “Yes; although I did not believe l it.” Aw,- ' . .

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