HOUSE OF LORDS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1929, Page 5

HOUSE OF LORDS

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)

(Received this dav at 1.30 p.m.)

LONDON, November 13

In the House of Lords, Lord Danis-, fort drew attention to the Irish Free State Copyright Preservation Act, a section of which was designed to_ render nugatory an appeal pending in the Privy Council, and moved the disapproval of such legislation. Lord Passfleld, replying, regretted the subject had been raised in a form attacking Dominion legislation. It was not Constitutions Reflect Act Dominion Parliament. The motion must add to the difficulties of Imperial Constitutional Law Conference now sitting. The fact was the Act was introduced to prevent anyone taking advantage of the fact discovered by the Free State Supreme Court that no copyright law existed in Ireland between 1922 and 1927.

1 am speaking on behalf of all the Dominions when J suggest, it is not a good plan to take any Dominion Act and ascribe intentions and motives to those introducing and passing.it. The Government had made representations to Dublin in July, and had got the Free State’s explanation and it was derided not to take further steps. Lord Salisbury: It surely is not disrespectful to draw the attention of the Free State to orderliness with whi'-h the Great Dominion accepted tlm law as it stood. Lord Danisfort did not desire to injure the deliberations of the Confer-en-'e and while protesting at Lord Passfield’s action, withdrew his motion.