Question of Status.
S THE RESULT of a prosecution at Exeter under the Merchandise Marks Act. 1926, the pundits of the Home Office have been wrestling with a somewhat difficult constitutional question, says the London 44 Truth.” Two hawkers were fined fer labelling Channel Islands tomatoes as British produce. It was held that the tomatoes should have been marked with the definite name of the country of origin or else with the word 44 Empire,” but Jersey and Guernsey contend that their produce should be treated as British. It seems that there is an Act of Parliament in which it. is laid down that the British Isles include the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, but that is not altogether conclusive, because the Channel Islands, though attached to this country ever since the Conquest, have always jealously maintained a sort of independent status, more especially in legislation
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 643, 22 December 1932, Page 10
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148Question of Status. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 643, 22 December 1932, Page 10
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