TIN HARE SCANDAL
another N.S.W. MINISTER. ? •' J EXONERATED BY COMMISSIONER. (Australian Press Association.) ; SYDNEY, August 12. . At the mechanical hare’inquiry,- Mr M. Davidson;, former Minister of. Public Works, whose name was mentioned in connection with a tin. hare license for Broken Hill, declared that he made no request to anybody for -shares ,in; any company being formed for Broken Hill, and nobody ihad any authority to uf>e> his name. Somebody, he said, had committed perjury in implicating him. The Royal Commissioner eaid that he ,wa-s satisfied'that Mr Davidson was not- implicated. - , • Mr Da'vidson.. created mirth when he. said that Mr Swindell had been, intro duced to him at the Stadium drib flight as “Judge” Swindell. Be believed that Mr Swindell came from Chicago originally, M"r Justice James had introduced kirn a* "Judge” Swindell, slid ho (witness)'’ had concluded . that ha was a jn.an of some .repute,
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1932, Page 5
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146TIN HARE SCANDAL Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1932, Page 5
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