BANKING ACT CASE
DR. EVATT CLASHES WITH JUDGE
(Rec. 11 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Mar. 19. “Nothing you have said this morning has added anything to what you said yesterday,” said Mr Justice Starke to the Federal Attorney-General (Dr. 'H. V. Evatt) in the Full High Gourt to-day, when the hearing of tne Banking Act case was continued. Dr. Evatt: I would have said a lot more if your Honour had been listening to me. Mr Justice Starke: I have been listening for two weeks. Dr. Evatt: I have spent much time answering questions, and I have done my best to answer them fully. Dr. Evatt argued that the Banking Act was not intended to impair or reduce the existing banking facilities. The act made it the statutory duty of the Commonwealth Bank to provide adequate banking facilities for any State or person requiring them. The Chief Justice (Sir John Latham): There is no provision for a penalty of £lO,OOO a day if the Commonwealth Bank does not perform this duty. [This is the penalty against the banks if the provisions of the act are not carried out.]
Dr. Evatt: If the conditions are not carried out by the Commonwealth Bank, they could be enforced by an order of mandamus.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25448, 20 March 1948, Page 7
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