What Goes On At Ti?

Qld. MP Wants to Know

A COUNTRY PARTY member of Queensland’s Parliament, Mr.

Wordsworth, has alleged that there have been malpractices in the dis posal of trochus at Thursday Island.

He said “that last year when tenders were called for the purchase of trochus, by the Island Industries Board, the highest tender was not accepted. He said that the shell was purchased by the agent for an American company and that this

year the same agent has again pur chased the trochus, this time without tenders being called at all.

Mr. Wordsworth wants a Parlia mentary committee set up to investi gate the “whole of the activities go ing on on the island.”