“ROBBERY OF PUBLIC”
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT CHARGED CORRUPTION ALLEGED By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 9.5 a.m. BRISBANE, To-day. In the Legislative Assembly, during the debate on the Chillagoe smelters, Mr. R. M. King made charges o£ corruption against some members, and demanded the appointment of a Royal Commission. Grounds existed, he said, for the belief that one or more members of the Government were implicated in the robbery of the public. The charges referred to the Government purchase of Mungana Mines, the operation of the Chillagoe smelters and other business transactions, and charges against the Premier, the Hon. W. McCormack, and perhaps other members of the Government of wrongfully using their public positions for the acquirement of private gain. The Premier challenged anyone to prove that anything he had done was dishonest, and added there was nothing to investigate unless it ~ was the imputation against himself and he invited the Opposition to make a distinct charge.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 186, 27 October 1927, Page 11
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