AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9942, 19 January 1900, Page 3

AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.

INTERESTING TO C.T'S. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 10. Judgment was gi\jn to-day in the case, Sodclaiy of .Stamps \. Ryland and Son, iiuorpoiatcd, Great Britain, and Joseph Claik, Wellington, comnii'iual traveller. The New Zealand manager ot the him was charged with caiiymg 1 on bus/mess, or business opmations, 111 the colony without seeming an animal license. In consequence the department sued to reco\er tlaee yeais' penalties, amounting to X 720. The plaintiff contended that Ryland and Sons, by sending travellers to New Zealand, were cariynig on business here. For the defence, it was contended that the fnm did not carry on business in the colony. Claik only had authonty to receive oiders, which might be rescinded in London or Sydney, and he had no knowledge of the actual delheiy of goods ordered through him. A large number of authorities were quoted by counsel on either side. Mr Hascldeu, S.M., said almost all the authorities cited were 111 favour of holding the defendants to carry on business or operations in New Zealand. Both defendants, therefore, would be convicted, and fined ,£720 and costs. Whether any reduction .%mld be made must be loft to His Excellency's advisers, but he could say at onrq, that on one defendant paying tho iino he should be prepared to recommend the remission of the penalty as against the other.