RAJAH'S £150,000 ́ CHEQUE,
High Court Story of "Most Amazing Case." UNNAMED MAN.
"The case will reveal the most amazing story over heard."
This description of an action involving
An unnamed man of high position,
PAPERS HOAXED,
Bogus "Message from
Premier,':
On Fobruary 20 Melbourne newspapers published what pur- ported to be a message from the British Primo. Minister to the Parliamentary Labour leadors In Australia. It dealt with instruc tions alleged to have been given to the Naval Squadron on its A cheque for £150,000, and a
Most sinistor, wicked, and Empire cruise, and publication. [coincided with the approach of criminal conspiracy;" was given by Lord Halsbury, K.O.the flost to the Australian coast when he made un application in These instructions it was sald the King's Bonel Division last would considerably modify the
month for a rula nisi for, com ruittal for alleged contempt of court against this editor and pro. prietors of the Daily Mail.
Lord Halsbury Faid there was an action sat down for trial in the nonjury list of Robinson against the Midland Bank.
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Bebind that action there was most sinister, wicked and
criminal conspiracy. There was
no suggestion that the bank
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Jingo patriotism that the visit of the vessels had been intended to inspiro. The message went on: There will be no warliko do monatrations or theatrical dis plays:" it also aid that where a Labour Government was not in powor oflicers of the Royal Navy the Labour leaders and the OP MONUMENTALISTS wore to pay official respects to
position, and "thoy must givo à
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action had anything to do with all." This extraordinary telo. that conspiracy.
The amount eliined in the action was £145,000.
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intimidate witnesses, and there it was a tiago of lios from TINNED FRUITS
had been unfortunately a esm- paign of inspired articles in the
newspapers.
beginning to end.”
The cable, it only now appears, was one of the most successful nowspaper hoaxes of rocont Connected with the case was
Tho perpolator W06 person if very high position. It Yours,
the Melbourne Labour week- Wan agreed, on all sales that his
the name or his position should not the Leibour Call, and
vietims
bo mentioned.
:
were its competitors, Tho matter complained of who, it is complained, have in the past boon guilty of ap- (suid Lord Halsbury) read: **£125,000 claim. Disputed by apropriating items of nows from Bank. Rajah's eheque."
WHO IS IT?
"Mercifully," hu continued. that was inaccurate, but ua- doubtedly it might give some indication of the identity of the gontlonian in question." The article then wont on
the C without acknowledgo. ment, and who are careful to secure the first copies that como off the press, The story of the hoax s rovoulait in Smith's, Weedy, an independent nonparty paper, is that the Call decided to
bait its hooks" for
It
the other Melbourne papers.
vented, the Prime Minister's message and printed half-a-dozen i copies of the paper containing the bogus cable. The chinu
Was
"A case of exceptional interest hus been set down for hearing in the gli Court in Charles Robinson v. Milland Bank. It concerns £125,000, part of the
then stopped, the plate proceeds of a cloque for £150,000 taken off, and one containing the drawn by an Indian Rajah in zilinary news for public con- favour of Mr. Charles Robinson.sumption substituted,
It will be recalled that Inst February Mr. Robinson, on his return from abroad, aftor an abronco of some years; made in quiries with regard to £125,000 which had stood to the credit of
un agent in his name ist IL
Wast Central branea of the Midtand Batx.“
That was grossly inaccurate said counsel. The article con tinued:
The affect is thus doseřibed:
The Melbourne Herald was first in with the story. It was starred in double column in the left-hand top corner of page one, with an eight-column stroamer proclaim- ing Labour Primigr's Order to the Fleet.
"Tie evening dan, which keeps a nervous watch on its rival, found the story in the first edition and immediately rang up It was information with regard the office of the Labonte Call to to this account given to him verify it. The reply was held by wife abroad that brought him these to justify the issuing back to England. To laiss-a-guarded-statement-that-the priso ho found that while the Labour Call, the official organ off sum mentioned had been placed the Australian Labour party, to his credit in 1920, the at publishes this afternoon what was at the time of his inquiry purports to lo a privately cabled practically chagil:
been
The allegation made by Mr. Robinson was that the mo grad withdrawn by forged chepses, and an olliciul of the bank admitted to a rup stor that
messago."
"The Age next morning swal- lowed bait, hook, and sinker, and announced: A leader of the Australian Parliamentary La-} bour party in Sydney has recu¡ v-
a claim for £125,000 had been ablegram from England mado against them.
conveying an important message front Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, and commented on this item in a warm louder.”
The trial of the action will necessitato the telling of the amazing circumstances in which this large sum was paid to the credit of Mr. Robinson by the Rajah."
The Lord Chief Justice, giving Lord Halsbury said it was the decision of the Court, said another matter whether the that whatever might be said porsons who suppiled that in-about the oxpodioney or the good formation had the intention of taste of such publications, it was provonling a trial
Complaint was also made of a publication on February 8, in connection with the same matter, which said that Scotland Yard dotectives woro investigating the mattor, and that it promised bo ono of the biggest
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