The World - News from Oct. 4, 1985
The governor of Australia’s state of Victoria resigned after a dispute with the state’s Labor government over his acceptance of free air travel from a U.S. air carrier, Continental Airlines. State Premier John Cain told Parliament that Brian Murray, Queen Elizabeth’s representative in Victoria, resigned after a five-hour meeting between the two officials. Murray admitted that he and his wife accepted tickets on an inaugural Continental flight from Houston to London in August. Continental also gave them free tickets for the flight from Australia to Houston.
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