§ MR. PETER M'DONALD (Sligo, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the following article in the British Trade Journal, namely:— 503
A French firm are now exporting their own manufactures with an Irish name. Balbriggan underwear and hosiery has long possessed a fame unapproached by any other description. Its success has led French houses to make full lines of hosiery in all grades and qualities, and to stamp them as 'Balbriggan;'and whether the manufacture so carried on by this French firm is in contravention of the Act of 1887, in case the goods go stamped are imported into this country?
§ * SIR MICHAEL HICKS BEACHThis is a subject which would. I apprehend, be governed by Section 18 of the Merchandise Marks Act. The interpretation of the section as applied to any particular case is a matter upon which I cannot express an opinion, and must rest with the Courts.