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Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1917, Page 5

i" •'■ A case 'in Which the Federal wrncnmerit was-alleged to be "travelling •with naucji energy aud no progress round: a vicious circle" was mentioned by Ur. Kelly (.New South Wales) on the motion for the adjournment of the Federal House of Representatives recently. : : A syndicate in Sydney, he said, claimed:to have discovered a substitute for petrol, which could be made from material which was now running to waste ,in Australia. An embargo was place* -1)y the, Attorney-General's department upon the granting of patent rights, oil the ground that the invention was of such 'importance that its disclosures at fjie present time was undesirable. The Ann j then offered the invention to the British Government, through the Defence ije■partment. The Defence Departeeni, iiowover, declined to submit the Invfn* tion to the Imperial authorities becaufeo, It said, the idea was worthless Subsequently the Attorncy-Gcneral'B department relaxed the embargo on the grafting of patent rights. Then the fl|m went to the Treasury for float .vai,,- company. Tie. Treasury jMSsition was that it would I>e prepared f to gtant permission only for a much snapj" fer amount of capital than the applicants desired, and that the scheme would have to be proved before it would grant the right 1 to develop the idea-on a largo scale. A prima facie case had been madeout for the success of the invention, out the Department had declined to state what proofs of success it required. , Yo who read me, and, perhaps, need me, 1 Treasure every word I say: No wild rumon. but wise humor, -,. In ft gay Jliltonian way.- V I qon'fc sell ;;ou when t ..tell you. : That I'm absolutely. T4M,'. '■ . , taTyngitin and _ lflahi : ; ( tft <?rej*. pjSapl^f