COMMONWEALTH POLITICS
QUEENSLAND JUDICIARY BILL. Bv Telegraph— Press Assn.—Copyright MELBOURNE, October .9. In the House of Representatives, Mr Tudor moved an amendment on behalf of Mr Ryan, who is engaged on the election campaign, that the Queensland Judiciary Bill should bo withdrawn and replaced hy a bill giving power to the High Court to compel manufacturers and others to give the cost of production, manufacture, and shipping of goods, and show thoir profit on canital invested, and to provide penalties for the giving of false information or refusal to supply information. Mr Tudor added that company operations in tho last three years had shown the necessity for such legislation. Of 110 millions of share capital, 62 millions was actual capital; 124 millions was transferred profits, and 36 millions transferred otherwise than in cash. The debate was adjourned till Tuesday.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19201011.2.38
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10717, 11 October 1920, Page 5
Word Count
139COMMONWEALTH POLITICS New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10717, 11 October 1920, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in