A COPPER CONTRACT.

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14698, 1 September 1915, Page 6

A COPPER CONTRACT.

SUIT FOR CANCELLATION. Press Association .--Telegrafih—Copyri gh t. Received September 1, 11 a.m. • LONDON, August 31. .Before t’lie King’s Bench, tlie Zinc Corporation asked for a declaration that a contract made in April, 1914, to sell bet tween 3000 and 4000 tons of spelter to Hirsch and Son, of Halberstadt, be Abrogated by the war. Defendants pleaded that the contract was merely suspended during the war, Mr. Gbvett, chairman of the Corporation, gave evidence' that the total output of the world was between 800,000 and 1,000,000 tons, of which Germany refined 350,000 tons; . The hearing was adjourned!