THE HARVESTER CASES.
TALK OF ALTERING THE CONSTITUTION.
MELBOURNE, June 27. Mr L'eakin, Federal Premier, states that the decision of the High Court in the ,Harvester Company's cases was not unexpected. Some other means would be found forgiving effect to the new Protection.
Sir W. Lyne, Federal Treasurer, says it nr ay be desirable to amend theJ,Constitution if necessary. Arrangements will be made for taking a referendum. Ministers will confer regarding th situation during the corning week. The Secretary of the Federal Labour party declares that the party will insist on an amendment of the Constitution.
The judgment of the High Court was by majority against the Excise Act, under which the new protection was enforced in the Harvester and other cases. The Hourt held that the Act in question was not in substance an exercise of the power of taxation conferred on the Commonwealth Parliament by the Constitution.
The idea of the Government was to charge, under the new protection policy, agricultural implement makers full excise duty on the ground that they had not paid their employees "fair and reasonable" wages. The employers appealed with the result stated above.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9127, 29 June 1908, Page 5
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190THE HARVESTER CASES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9127, 29 June 1908, Page 5
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