CANADIAN SCANDAL.
(BY KI.KCTKK! TKLKtIKAIMI. —OOI'YKNiHr) Ottawa, August 12. Sin 11. LancKVIX, exiunini'il before tho conmiiltfc of inquiry, categorically deimnl the charges of corruption. The Semite uf Quebec is determined to sifl the Biiio Chuleur railway Hcatidal to tho bottom, and refused permission to withdraw the Bill now before the Fiirlmment of that province. TT.M.If. "Men'ier, Premier o? Qneboe is charged with receiving 100,000 dollars. The Senate lias threatened to arrest all the principals concerned in the a flair. In his evidence, to-day, Sir IT. Langevin .swore that he never received finy money from Mr McGreeny, though he received from him promissory notes for 10,000 dollars for election expenses in INTO, being then without money. August 13. In cross-examination, the testimony of Sir H. Longovin was not shaken. The enquiry into the Buie Chuleur railway scandal shows' tlwt the Legislature devoted 75,000 dwllar.s to buy out the directors, and 07,000 to pay M. Mereier's debt.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2978, 15 August 1891, Page 3
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155CANADIAN SCANDAL. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2978, 15 August 1891, Page 3
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