12 JULY 1930, Page 2

Mr. Theodore The Royal Commission appointed by the Queensland Government

to inquire into the purchase of the Mungana Mines by the Queensland Labour Government has issued a Report which makes grave charges against Mr. Theodore who was Premier of Queensland at the time of the purchase. Last Saturday, Mr. Scullin, the Commonwealth Prime Minister, announced that Mr. Theodore had resigned his position as Commonwealth Treasurer. This resignation will cause a delay in the Budget debates. In a statement to the Press Mr. Theodore described the judgments of the Commission in regard to hhnself as "the most dastardly possible." He said that he had been condemned without a hearing ; that his private affairs and bank accounts had been probed ; that the evidence against him was " flagrantly untrue and malicious." * * * *