Mr. Theodore's Case It is most satisfactory to know that
the action brought by the Queensland Government against Mr. Theodore, the Commonwealth Treasurer, to recover 130,000, alleged to be public funds, wrongfully withheld, has failed in the Brisbane High Court. The moneys were said to have passed in connexion with the sale of the Mungana Mines to the Queensland Government, when Mr. Theodore and his co-defendant, Mr. McCormack, were in office. However, after a hearing that lasted for three weeks, the jury on Monday found for the defendants on all counts. There had, the jury declared, been no corruption or fraud in the transaction. Mr. Theodore, despite his strong Labour views, has played a manly part in the Commonwealth Government's Economy campaign, and it is good both for him and for his country that his character has now been cleared.
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