IMPORTANT JUDGMENT
HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA. MARKETING LEGISLATION (United Press Assn.— Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 11.45 p.m.) Sydney, June 11. The High Court of Australia has given a decision of vital importance affecting marketing legislation in Australia by holding, in effect, that the Commonwealth is not bound by Section 92 of the Commonwealth Constitution providing for free trade between the States. It was indicated that the judgment was treated as urgent so that it could be tested before the Privy Council« The legislation to which the judgment referred was the Commonwealth Dried Fruits Act, 1928/35, and the point at issue was whether the Commonwealth had power to require a merchant to market a portion of his dried fruits output overseas when he desired to, place it on the .Australian market. The Court unanimously disallowed a claim by Frederick James, fruit merchant, of Adelaide, that the Dried Fruits Act was beyond the powers of the Federal Parliament.
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Southland Times, Issue 25309, 12 June 1935, Page 7
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