QUEENSLAND PA RLIAMENT
CHARGES OF CORRUPTION. Press Association—Cop;, ngtit. Brisbane. November 21, A direct charge oi corruption uas ' levelled against the Government in I lie 'Assembly, which sat till an early itonr in the morning discussing the hill eis(jUi’htviiig from Parliament paid ; agents, or solicitors of a monopoly oi alien companies. During the second readin g speech of the Premier .Mr Godj trey Morgan asked would the Premier ! explain what amount of subsidy Jus party received from the liquor fade and tobacco trust. dhe Premier; \Vc have documcuta i \ evidence against you. Mr Morgan challenged the Premier 1 1 have a Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the statements in legat'd to the subsidy paid to the Government by the liquor trade and tobacco trust, lie believed that £21)00 bad been handed to certain individuals silting on the Government benches. ' Sensation, i
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 11, 7 December 1916, Page 2
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142QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 11, 7 December 1916, Page 2
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