SYDNEY COAL ORDERS
INVESTIGATION GOES ON (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) SYDNEY, Thursday. Mr. Justice Thomson, the Royal Commissioner appointed to inquire into the matter of coal contracts entered into by the late Sydney City Council, resumed the inquiry to-day. A former Lord Mayor, Mr. Mostyn, denied that he had ever entered into an agreement with any tenderer for a City Council coal contract. He said he had never authorised his wife’s name to be inserted in any agreement. Just before the City Council was dissolved, said witness, a recommendation was received that 20,000 tons of coal should be pifr chased from B. Byrnes, Limited. He demurred and referred the matter to the Premier, Mr. T. R. Bavin, who advised carrying on with the coal in hand and leaving the contract to be arranged by the Civic Commissioners. Mr. Bavin came forward and corroborated this latter statement of Mr. Mostyn’s.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 441, 24 August 1928, Page 9
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