FREEDOM OF TRADE
QUEENSLAND MOTOR SPIRIT LEGISLATION. DECLARED INVALID BY COURTS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received April 25, 6.30 p.m.) BRISBANE, April 25. A High Court’s judgment declares that the Queensland Motor Spirit Vendors Act, enacted last year, is invalid because it conflicts with a clause in the Commonwealth constitution providing for freedom in trade between the States. The Act compelled motor vendors to blend with petrol they sold a certain proportion of spirit distilled from sugar-cane molasses in northern Queensland. The State Government is considering an appeal to the Privy Council.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19783, 26 April 1934, Page 9
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93FREEDOM OF TRADE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19783, 26 April 1934, Page 9
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