TRADE WITH THE ENEMY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2573, 22 September 1915, Page 6

TRADE WITH THE ENEMY

AMALGAMATED WIRELESS. ! - . CONVICTED. ' By Telegraph—Press Association—Ooprrleht (Reo. September 21, 10 p.m.) Sydney, September 21. At i the ; further bearing of tho case against the Amalgamated VVireleea Company of Australasia, Ltd., IS. Fisk, C. P. Bartholomew, and H. It. Denison,' charged under the Enemy Trading Acts with having, on .or about December 8, by executing an indenture of license with the Telefunken- Company, traded with.,tho enemy, Denison, chairman of directors of tho Amalgamated Company, gave lengthy-evidence as to tho company's negotiations with tho Telefunken -Company, leading up to the Amalgamated Company securing certain patents, and the execution of the indenture of tho license. He explained that the patents , did not really belong to the enemy, but, unfortunately, they were oil tho register in tho enemy firm's name,' and the directors were faced with the position that 'they might lose the uso : of , thei patents. He had received expert advice that the only way to protect the. patents and the shareholders was to register a formal license, proving their ownership. Before and since the negotiations the Amalgamated Company had been the exclusive user of these patents, without interruption since July, 1914, his company had had no .communication" whatever with the Telefunken Company, direct or; indirect:,''-. . . '

• Hie Magistrate decided to comviet upon tli© evidence, but said lie must consider the question of penalty. • Counsel for the' Crown intimated that ho did lidt intend to proceed wit/h other pending cases. : THE KIDMAN CASE. . • (Rec. September 21, 10 p.m.) j Sydney, September 21. In the Kidman case, counsel for the Crown "has not finished his address dealing with the alleged excessive prices charged by Kidman in tiou with Army supplies.: