WAR REGULATIONS

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 239, 19 October 1916, Page 5

WAR REGULATIONS

MINISTERIAL EXPLANATION

EXTENSION OF LIABILITY FOB, BREACH OB 1 CONTRACI\

Askecl by & Wellington Post reporter to" explain the principal provisions of the now War RegulaticJis dealing with th© importation or goods into New Zealand, the AttorheyGcnoral (the Hon. .A. L. Headman) stated that those regulations which required importers to see that '•certificates of origin and interest, and in other cases .'Jcertificatfs of interest, ' were furnished with goods .imported from certain countries wer^ made at the instigation of the Imperial authorities, who apparently, desired .to. establish ' uniformity of . prijetkis throughout all British countries. ■ « iIJ. ■■fool.tev-s," ..said Mi- Herdman, "that special instructions havo-.tbeen issued..to consular offices,- arid they hav^ been supplied with / formsi lof certificates of . origin and certificates of interest: The object of requiring these certificates is'.to..enp.ui-e that gooete inii>orted ' into .New Zealand from the countries a-ffficied, bave 3iot been ma.nuf nctuj-eti - in enemy tern:'t6tis'i and"thai-no- enemy_ iiasany m-t^i-est in them. of iae re-grilations ji:st made Is not entiioly new, fcr under.regulations which/wo made on January 26 ? 1915, wo provided, in the case of good& imported from the Scandinav.ian cotjntries <in<3from Holland and Switzerland, th;vt cei-tificaites of origin should bo .sn]f-/ plied by tihe importer, to the". Cnst'""'''l' authorities before delivery of 1 he: goods could be had. vTho l-cgnla-tiens of January 26 aiid others br.vo 'now been .repealed,' and the-, v. "v vvgulations from Nos.-.j to 12, N>v.,plui:ve, ba.ve been substitutod.

"Certificates of interest aanl origin a' p required in tho case of goods importwrf" fi'oim 'Norway-; Sweden, Denmark, Holland, arid "Switzerland. Certificates of interest only are required in the case of 'goods imported from aJI foreign countries except those ' mentioned above, and France, Italy, Kris-: sia. v. Japan, .Roiunania.-.. Pqrtngal; China, Sinm, Hayti, ; the -United; States^ and French possessions in the Pacific. Business men should" notice that the 'regulations will apply to all gcods which will leave tho country, of export after the loth instant. "I desire to call special attention to ■ tho new1 regulations:' relating io Axriiy contracts. Foimerly the contractor only was liable to a penalty, for an intentional breach of contract. But the Government has deemed it necessary to extend this principle, and .'now.'under--the regulations, ,in?t made--not only is a contractor liable, but a sub-contractor nnd an employee may be prosecuted and punished' if they are proved to be guilty of coj*.,duct. wliich results in th-J coutir.ot being broken." . y . .

Some persons have various ways of fixing dates. , A witness in aCow-s; case some time ago said a certain', event happened tho sa.,me n.cnth. as j tho war brok® ont, .tut. by c«mpaH- t son this was easily beaten by a female witness in a case at -the Palmerston Court on Tuesday (says the Staind-, ard). Asked what age her. son wnsy. s,sfee4re^ied^f|^v^^ : was ncc-isod cf' stealing- a npisfcboi^s ! (luck eggs; soy tliab /irill jiTnk^h^Y [ ilui'teen;;':ihd:.''six ir.onths now." Needless- t>j say, the \ statenient caused much' lansjliter in Gourt. ;- ■■' J-'~.':