DAIRY REGULATIONS
I APPEAL COURT RESERVES JUDGMENT (PRESS ASSOCIATION TILEORAM.) WELLINGTON, October 12. The case in which John Charles Carroll and William James Keeley, both of Te Aroha, are testing the validity of certain dairy produce regulations, was continued in the Court of Appeal to-day. The respondent in the action -is the Attorney-General. Mr Findlay, counsel for the appellant, submitted that even if the dairy industry acts interfered with the terms of the contracts of dairy farmers, they in no way derogated from their general right of freedom of contract. Any attempt to invade private rights must be founded upon clear words m the statute. In this case, the dairy industry acts and regulations before the court were not really based on statute at all, but were a piece of independent legislation by Order-in-Council. In conclusion, counsel asked that in view of the threat of the Government to legislate at the earliest opportunity, the decision of the court, if in favour of the appellant, should not be withheld until after the passing of the legislation. Judgment was reserved, _
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20985, 13 October 1933, Page 9
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