IMPORTANT SHIPPING CASE.
DUNEDIN,
(From our own Correspondent. This day,
An important shipping case has just been decided relative to the responsibility of the captain of immigrant ships for passengers' luggage. George Moir sued the captain of the Invercargill for £22 10s, value of luggase lost and the discomfort caused by defendant's negligence. Judgment was given for plaintiff, £16 10s, the Bench remarking that a ship was liable for the captain. Leave to appeal was refused.
(PER PRESS TELEGRAM AGENCY.)
WELLINGTON,
This day
Commenting upon the statistics for 1873. just issued, the Times points out that the Government paid the passages wholly or in part of 8754 immigrants without colonial experience, 1509 of them children, during 1873, but that for the same period 4761 persons, a large proportion being experienced colonists, left the colony. It attributes the result partly to bad land and mining laws. It is estimated that the population of the colony on December 31st, 1873, was 295,946.
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Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1495, 25 November 1874, Page 3
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