WHAT THE JUDGMENT MEANS.
AUSTRALASIA MAY BENEFIT,
(Router's Telegrams.} (Received April 7, 10 ' OTTAWA, April ;6. IFaT-reaehing results of Hie newssprint fquestion are contained in the decision of the Supreme Court of -4?ana'da. upholding the refusal of 3?rice mill to obey the orders.
The judgment
is interpreted to
3noa.n the end of Government control
The judges decided that newsprint ;5s not a. necessity to life, which the IBoard of Commerce claimed it was.
The decision is considered as {favoring- Australasian papers' supply *rf newsprint.
Probably all the paper companies will row defy the Board of Comsmerce's orders cp regards .shipping (paper, and it is their declared nolicy te take care of the Australasian market as much as possible. However, it is possible that the Government may later retaliate by placing an * export duty on paper, which ■would adversely affect Australasia.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LIIII, Issue 82, 8 April 1920, Page 5
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140WHAT THE JUDGMENT MEANS. Marlborough Express, Volume LIIII, Issue 82, 8 April 1920, Page 5
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