THE LANDS SCANDAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7889, 3 August 1905, Page 3

THE LANDS SCANDAL.

DAMAGING EYIDEJCE. CHARGE OF BLACKMAILING. (Received Aug- 2, 9.40 p.m.') SYDNEY. Aug. 2. MeKnir. Willis' clerk, threw somp further light on the Haynes-Melville affair. Ho stated that Melville told him that Haynes and others wore conspiring to blackmail Willis,' He said be Would swear an information if arose, and subsequently n ' turmU lo witness and' said the whnli' affair could be arranged for £M>O- - was indfc*narrt at Melville's action, as the latter had no author ity tp do what he rfid. McN'air read several tclegrnnis tint passed between him and Willis, whicf showed that the latter was temporising with Melville With a view to trapping Melville and Haynee a' blackmailers. A BLOW TO PUBLIC PURITY. Tie Premier Shielding Others. (Received Aug. 3. n.lfl a.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 3. Ifr McGowan. when he mov«f hi«( motion of censure, nccused the Premier nf covering up the land inquiry,not to shield himself, buf to shield others. He was the "*ad of the Hovernment that nppninted the Commission, and the letfil advisef to the principal offender. TV Ooverhmetit had been guilty, from start to finish, of laxity and ind fference in regard to the Commission. There never was in the history of Australia such a blow to' the purity of public life'; they had members of Parliament accepting foes as land agents and securing concessions for their clients. Documents were mis-r----ing and witnesses nan est