ALLEGED LICENSING SCANDAL.
Waihi Representations.
The question of appointing a Royal Commission to inquire into the allegations made in connection with the granting of licenses in the Ohinemuri district, was considered at the meeting of the Cabinet last week, but no definite decision was arrived at. The matter will again come up for consideration at the next meeting of the Cabinet. A meeting to consider the question was held at Waihi on Wednesday last. MrE. G. B. Moss addressed the gathering and declared that evidence had been secured which implicated 11 justices of the peace, two stipendiary magisrates, and two returning officers in the Auckland province. A full inquiry, conducted not by a junior judge but by the Chief Justice' himself, waß needed. ' At the conclusion of*the addross a resolution was unanimously carried demanding that the Government immediately appoint a Royal Commission "to thoroughly investigate the allegations and rumours of bribery, as only a Royal Commission will allay the uneasiness of the public." Subsequently it was decided to send a deputation representing the meeting to Auckland, with a view of waiting on the Prime Minister, during his visit this week.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 117, 21 December 1908, Page 2
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190ALLEGED LICENSING SCANDAL. King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 117, 21 December 1908, Page 2
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