COAL VEND CASE
SUMMING-UP PROCEEDING
SHIPPING OWNERS' RESPONSIBILITY.
(Received Last Night, 8.55 o'clock.) SYDNEY, December 21. The delivery of judgment in- the vend caie was continued throughout to-day, and is still unfuiiished. Judge Isaac® declared thait the 00-ndfuct of tihe defendant's wouDdi indicate the intention tb comibirie for the purpose, of loosing the prices of cloal to a height lumited only by the possibility of obtamaug them. Dealing with' tho r.:hi!ppiing companies, the Judge raid that they carried an excess in posed by the vend, and werte just as much' responsible as the collliery proprietary. Before the comv bined agreement the Bhipped-'s pCayed off one colliery another. The shopping defendants must be heldi resprxnoihle even if iit was to the detriment of the pubAic, and travelfed no further than the ceolaration of excessive prices pronounced by the vend and executed by the shippiing compfmiies-, hut the detriment proceed ied further ihan tl f'r, the. Companies ic-."rg powers in the combination for additional advantage to themselves-.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10509, 22 December 1911, Page 5
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165COAL VEND CASE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10509, 22 December 1911, Page 5
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