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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1931.

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The solicitors to Eyre and Spot- tiswoods answered this point by saying their clients would not be influenced in any way by this suggestion of House of Commons questions.

Eyre and Spottiswoode, said the solicitors in their letter, 'were not

According to the Daily Express prepared to make any arrange the High Cours may be called on to decide in the near future ques tions affecting the right to print and publish the Authorised Version of the Bible,

mente with John Shaw & Co. for the publication of an Authorised version of the Bible on payment of a royalty.

?

"We maintain that the Bible we, A disputo has arisen on this mat-publish is in no way an infringe- ter which is of personal moment to ment of copyright," and the every person who purchases a new manager of John Siaw & Co. Bible.

The point at issue is whether such

yesterday..

"It is an illustrated Bible, main.

a Bible, if not produced by one cfly for Sunday school use, and our the three "approved" printers, infirm has been issuing it for fifteen

years. Now we are faced with this ultimatum to stop printing.

any way infringos their nighte

All manner of interests are in volved, including those of the Crown, the owners of the copy-"If we conceded the demand to right, and of various religious destroy all our stocks, plates, and standing type, it would mean non- siderable financial loss to us.”.

Bocieties.

Three printers in England have, the right to issue the Authorised Version of the Bible They are the Cambridge University Press; the Oxford University Press-who held the privilege under royal chaṛter- and Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd., the King's printers, who have the right, under letters patent.

Other firms have, however, print ed and published an Authorised Bible.

vices, to the level of competing countries, they could not expect of hope to survive, and in that case the fate of the workpeople would be far worse than if they now re- cognised the situation. The chief reason for the most unsatisfactory.

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Mr. W. G., Makinson (Preston) asked if it was not time to do some- thing with reference to reducing capitalisation, and if anything had been done in the way of economies in salaries and staff remuneration. In his opinion a balance sheet like theirs should make them consider winding-up and starting afresh.

Colonel N. Seddon Brown, man- aging director, said the directora still thought the time was not op Fortune to write down the capital. Latgo economies had been carried

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EXCHANGE RATES.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.].

RUGBY, Jan. 20.

123.873 4.83 11/32

Paris New York

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Berlin

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Geneva

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Amsterdam

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20.43)

18.124

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PASSENGERS

Departures.

This problem of the copyright of the Bible extends to several 'ro- ligious societies. The Religious The following passengers left Tract Society, who in many yesterday by da. Sarpedon:-Mr. thousands of Bibles, recently and Mrs. H. P. Allgood, Master B. held a meeting of their committee Allgood, Mr. and Mrs. B. D, But to discuss the whole dificulty. ler, Mr. O. Castonier, Mrs. M. M. The British and Foreign Bible Society, the largest publishere of Bibles in the world, are not affect- their English version of the Bible ed by any legal argument, for with they publish the printed sheets from one of the three" approved" prin-

Recently Eyre and Spottiswoode, tera Ltd, have objected to the Bible issued by John F. Shaw & Co., Ltd., of Pilgrim-street, London.

Must Be Withdrawn." Solicitors were instructed by the King's printers, and demanded that John Shaw & Co. should stop the Bible they published.

The solicitore acting for Eyre and Spottiswoods wrote to the solicitors for Joha Shan & Co. insisting that the Shaw" Bible must be withdrawn......

Dificult Question.

Cowan, Miss K. M. Cowan, Dr. Elizabeth Gunn. Mies Dorothy Horbert, Mr. R. Hogg, Dr. E. Hop- Edwardea-Jones Miss N. C. Ed. kinson, O.M.G., D.S.O., Mis LE wardes-Jones, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Morse, Misa Morse, Capt. R. T. Nevill, Mr. and Mrs A. R. Rickard, Miss E. J. Rickard, Mr. W. J. Shanahan, Mrs. E. J. South- by, Mr. II. A. Thomlinson, Mr. and

EXCHANGE.

A curious point arisco with re-ra. F. Wickett, gard to Scotland, for in that coun- try William Collins, Sons & Cou have the Crown sanction to print the Authorised Bible. The Collins- printed Bible can be sold anywhere in England.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

January 21, 1931.

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The question of the copyright of the Bible is a difficult one, said ON LONDON the manager of the Bible depart- ment of one of the university. presses. The copyright ia vested in the Crown, and it seems to na that only the Crown could properly take action for any infringement of the sopyrighte

"Obviously the problem in one which only the High Court can properly settle.'

They asked that all reasonable. steps should be taken to call in copies of the Bible from circulation and to prevent any further sales; that all copies in the waYCLOUSO If any alteration is made by should he destroyed, and that the printers in the Authorised Version sheets and plates and the standing of the Bible even if it is only a type should be broken up.

comparatively small alteration There was a further request for then it is questionable whether the an undertaking that John Shaw & copyright has been infringed. Co. should not do anything in the. future to infringe the royal letters patent for the printing of the Authoriard Vermon of the Bible. held by Eyro and Spottiswoode.i It was pointed out in the letter that if this proposal for the des truction of the Bible as acceded to, then Eyre and Spottiswoode would waive any claim for dam-port nges, but if the request was not complied with, then Eyre and Sqiattiswoode reserved all rights of

The point had been "Wentioned he previous correspondence that this question of the copyright of the Bible and the royal letters patent of Eyrs and Spottiswoode might be raised in the House of Commone on a question.

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