ACTION AGAINST MILLERS
THE CROWN’S CLAIM. Pwt Press Association DUNEDIN, May 15. "Writs have been issued by the Crown against the Crown Milling Company. Dunedin, Fleming and Company, Invercargill, Wood Bros., Christchurch, Atlas Roller Mills, Timaru, and Distributers Ltd., claiming from each the sum of £SOO for. alleged breach of t-ho Commercial Trusts Act. The Crown will also apply for an injunction to restrain the alleged breach of the Statute. The allegation is that Distributers Ltd., to which each of the companies named, with other companies, is connected. has acquired a practical monopoly of the supply of flour throughout the greater part of New Zealand, and that the monopoly is contrary to the public interest, and, therefore, a breach of the Act. It is not expected that the cases will he taken in the Supreme Court till next.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17351, 16 May 1924, Page 13
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138ACTION AGAINST MILLERS Star (Christchurch), Issue 17351, 16 May 1924, Page 13
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