Select Committee on the Electrification of the Suburban Railways - Alleged Profits on Contracts

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The Committee was established on 13 October 1914 to inquire into the statements made in the Committee of the whole on the Railway Loan Application Bill on the 7 October 1914 by the Honourable R. B. Rees, as appearing in Hansard on page 1969, imputing to the Honourable W. L. Baillieu corrupt conduct.

The report of the Committee was tabled in the Legislative Council on 20 October 1914. The report found the statements made by Mr Rees were untrue and he had no justification for making the imputations.