THREE MILLION CLAIM.
WAR CONTRACT CASE. By Telegraph.--Press Assn —Copyright. Received July 26, 5.5 p.m. London, July 25. The King’s Bench Division is hearing a claim by the owners of the Lewis gun for the return of £3,000,000 taken as excess profits. They allege that the price they quoted the Government (£100) was specially low because the Government authorities pointed out that the Lew s Company was B»! gian and therefore not liable for British taxation. The Crown denies any such promise wa.i made, adding that it had no official power to grant anyone dispensation from British taxation. Lewis, tbe inventor, a retired colonel in the United States Army, gave evidence that the War Office ordered two guns in 1913 and five in August, 1914. When four thousand Lewis guns were lost in March, 1918, the Birmingham Small Arms Company supplied eight thousand within a fortnight. Altogether £13,000,000 was paid for Lewis guns.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 July 1921, Page 5
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155THREE MILLION CLAIM. Taranaki Daily News, 27 July 1921, Page 5
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