A TEST CASE

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 45, 6 December 1929, Page 5

A TEST CASE

THE PRIVY COUNCIL ATTITUDE qFfREE STATE PENDING.LOCAL BODY APPEAL LONDON, Dec. 4. The Free State's attitude toward the Privy Council is likely shortly. to be tested owing to a pending appeal in which the Bray Urban Council is concerned. Bray is « seaside resort near Dublin During a carnival i n 1926, the Council's band allegedly played selections of "Lilac Time," also the old-time wait?, .*' Venus on Earth." The per., formii.-o Rights Society brought an action for infringement of copyright and won the case in the local Court, but the Supreme Court reversed the decision. Hence the appeal to the Privy Council. In the House of Commons, on a motion for adjournment, the Marquis of Hartington called attention to the right of Biitish subjects overseas to appeal to the judicial committee of the Privy; Council. In view of the statement by the Minister that the Irish Free State U" longer intended to respect the jurisdiction of thai final court, the,M ar <P l is' hoped fc'mt Mr MacDonald would make a decisive announcement on the matter. Mr MacDdnald, replying, said that Appeals to the Privy Council were dis* cu sed at the Imperial Conference in 1926 and referred to the next .conference. The Government expected that if any Dominion Government desired to go beyond ' that open fcnd unsettled position, it should communicate with, the British Government.