THE BOORABIL CASE.
AT/bEUKD lilPJtOl 'liili J^FLUENI'K By Cablo—Press Association—Copyright Received 28, 9.10 p.m. , Sydney, August 28. The Full CouTt dismissed the appeal against the payment of £2OO to Messrs Osborne, 11.P., and Jones, ex-M.P., in connection with the sale of the Boorabil estate to the Government. The ground of tlie appeal was on the score of public ' policy, the plaiiii.till's, as liiembcus of Parliament, were not entitle! to payment of commission anil exnenseft. T'he majority of tne Court hold that the •plaintiffs' action was not illegal. Justice Gordon dissented, holding that members of Parliament using- influence with Ministers of tlie Crown for nioneI taj-y consideration, was against public policy.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 29 August 1914, Page 8
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110THE BOORABIL CASE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 29 August 1914, Page 8
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