IMPORTANT CASES.
A NEW GUINEA SEIZURE I’KKSS ASSOCIATION HIH’YKIIiHT Kcceiveil 11.10 p m., Aug. 1.
Sydney, August 1. In the case against the Commonwealth, wherein the owner of the ship Envoy sought to make defendants responsible for the seizure of the vessel by New Guinea oilicials. the High Court decided that though certain resolutions had been passed by the Federal Parliament accepting New Guinea as part of the Commonwealth territory, the necessary proclamation in relation to the government of the territory had not been issued. Strictly speaking there was no relation of New Guinea to the Commonwealth : therefore the Commonwealth was not responsible for the acts of the New Guinea oilicials The ease was dismissed
Melbourne, August 1
In the appeal in the case of Column v. the Victoria Racing Club, contesting the Racing Club's charge of bookmakers’ fees, the Full Court decided that the by-law was invalid, and gave a verdict for Column. The Club appeals to the High Court.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1823, 2 August 1906, Page 3
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161IMPORTANT CASES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1823, 2 August 1906, Page 3
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