NEWSPAPER TAX.
| —«— IS IT VALID? TEST CASE IN SYDNEY. (By cabls—rsiss association— coptbiqht.) (AUSTBALIAN AND N. 3. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received December 31st, 10.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 31. In order to test the validity of the recently passed Newspaper Tax Act, a writ has been issued out of the High Court ou behalf of the Sydney "Morning Herald," the "Daily Telegraph," the "Sun," and the "Evening Ng.ws," claiming a declaration that the Act is invalid, being inconsistent with the provisions of the Commonwealth constitution. , Plaintiffs ask for an injunction restraining the State of New South Wales and the Colonial Treasurer from. proceeding to enforce the Act. They will on Tuesday next, the first day on which the Court opens, file a notice of motion asking for an interim injunction in accordance with the claims in the writ.
The four newspapers have engaged a leading counsel to appear in the case.
SYDNEY NEWSPAPERS DEARER. SYDNEY, December 31. All the city daily newspapers have increased their prices to l§d as a consequence of the newspaper tax.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18889, 3 January 1927, Page 9
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173NEWSPAPER TAX. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18889, 3 January 1927, Page 9
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