BREACH OF THE SHIPPING AND SEAMEN'S ACT.
WELLINGTON, August 9. The captain of tbe Monowai was charged at the Magistrate's Court today with taking to sea a seaman as one of his crew on the voyage from Sydney to Wellington, without entering into an agreement with him in accordance with" the Shipping and Seamen's Act. It was argued, for the defence, that the Act could not regulate the engagement of a seaman in a port outside New Zealand. Defendant ' was fined 20s aud costs. Notice of appeal was given. _.„.,.„.,.„.„.„..,.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7251, 9 August 1907, Page 3
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89BREACH OF THE SHIPPING AND SEAMEN'S ACT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7251, 9 August 1907, Page 3
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