WOOL TOPS CASE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 9 October 1922, Page 7

WOOL TOPS CASE.

MR. JUSTICE ISAACS' JUDGMENT.

BY CABLE- "BiiSS. ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Oct. 9, 11.5 a.m . MELBOURNE, Oct". 9. Mr. Justice Isaacs, in concluding Ms judgment in the wool tops case, said that the agreement entered into in ; 1918 was binding, whilst the' 19171 agreement, on which the company was' relying, had ceased to be binding. He reserved fot the Full Court how the • judgment should be entered respecting claims in the action and cross-action , and with the facts as found' by him. Reviewing the evidence of the i chief witnesses his Honor said that j -Mr. "Watts' evidence was reliable and, strong. His truthfulness was in no way impeached. Mr. Justice Higgins, though attacked in many ways, was! not guilty of the charges levelled at I him. There was no reason for doubting his honesty of purpose. His memory had been tested in vaYibus ■vaya and found reliable, and could safely be trusted. While admiring the ability of Mr. F. W. Hughes, manager of the company, Mr. Isaacs regretted that he was unable to regard him as trustworthy. He not only deceived the Wool Committee1, but did so by schemes svßtematically planned. "I decline to believe him in opposition to the other testimony, unless convinced by circumstances entirely independent of his testimony."