Papers relating to the 1932 Financial Agreements Enforcement Acts and the Financial Emergency (State Legislation) Act and the dispute between the Commonwealth and New South Wales Governments concerning the latter's obligations under the financial agreements, 1929-1932

 
Component identifier:
File 4
Content Summary:

Includes a statement on the writ issued against the New South Wales Government concerning the non-payment of interest on overseas loans; correspondence with Sir Edward Mitchell (February 1932); the opinion of W. Ham and W. K. Fullagar on the 1929 Financial Agreement (Validation) Act (March 1931); Latham's opinions on the statement by Sir Hal Colebatch that the Commonwealth as well as the States had defaulted (February 1932) and on the liability of the Commonwealth and New South Wales for the payment of interest on New South Wales' overseas loans (January 1932)

Comprises Items 126-149

Immediate source of acquisition:
The bulk of the collection was presented to the National Library by Sir John Latham in December 1963, a few months before his death. In November 1974 the Library purchased some further papers from a secondhand book dealer. They comprised family letters and photographs, some diaries and papers relating to the High Court. These papers have been amalgamated into the original collection.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
Available for research. Not for loan.
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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