NON-FERROUS METALS BILL
NEGATIVE AMENDMENTS DE-
FEATED.
(Received December 20, 2.30 p m ) „ _ LONDON, 19th December, me House of Commons has negatived several amendments intended to defeat the purpose of the Nonferrous Metals Bill. ■
[The Bill provides that it shall be un- !? -J , any company, firm, or individual to carry on the business of extracting smelting, dressing, and refining, or wholesale trading; in the metals or metallic ores to which the Bill applies except under license. The licence will be rescinded if, later on, it is proved that one-fifth of the capital directly ot indirectly belongs to a German syndicate The Board of Trade is empowered to require certain information and inspect books. The Bill is to remain in operation for five years after the war.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 148, 20 December 1917, Page 8
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