CASH ORDER SYSTEM
Australian Inquiry Into Wartime Operation That he was not satisfied that cash order and hire-purchase transactions in Australia were being conducted with benefit to the public and national interest in ..wartime was stated recently by the Acting-Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Fadden, and a board of inquiry has now been appointed to consider the position. The board will have powers and functions similar to those of a Royal Commission, to summon evidence and obtain production of books and documents.' There is special provision, however, to protect witnesses. The boara’s terms of reference are to inquire into and report op\ the following matters in relation to the public safety and the defence of the Commonwealth: —(1) The system of trading in Australia by means of cash orders and hire-purchase agreements, including the business and operations of any person who issues eash orders or enters into hire-purchase transactions as lessor, vender, or owner, or finances either directly or indirectly hire-purchase transactions: (2) the conditions under which such trading business and operations should be carried on.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 142, 12 March 1941, Page 5
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176CASH ORDER SYSTEM Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 142, 12 March 1941, Page 5
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