THE WOOL COMMANDEER
" l itr- : \ '"A'-CHAIiLENGE.; • : ' By Telegraph—Press Association. _-.-.,.■' ,-.■■• ■ .-/ Gisborne, February 11. .- Mr.-W. Douglas .Lysnar, of Gisborne, -who'was "So'prominent in .opposition to. J '. ' theeitension of'the .wool-commandeer, is ' ■''-oHalleJigin's! • the right of the Government ■to become" possessors of his: clip. _ Under. ] the present commandeer conditions: he ', claims the right to have the true value ■ ' .of hierclip fixed by .arbitration, as'pro- -j 'Tided by'regulation. 'In o letter to the ; : ' Department, Mr. Lysnar says he will not | deliver the balance of his clip other-; j wise, and .also says that if the Govern- . ment -eeize.the-, clip, under':regulations, i . he'will proceed ifor. compensation. The : Department has reminded Mr. Lysnar of s -the-prohibition to export or to sell to : .' other than.the Government, and it adds .-that tho prohibition.may-remain'iniorce ■ ■for'at'leiisttwo years'after the termination of the war. by a treaty of peace, j Mr. Lysnar's. grounds are that the'miir- 'j keting of wool should now bo treated us ■ ' commerciail and not as. patriotic,'seeing- ] .'that the. war is'practically over. ' ; \
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 118, 12 February 1919, Page 10
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161THE WOOL COMMANDEER Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 118, 12 February 1919, Page 10
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