CRIMPING AT NEWCASTLE.
(Received 10 a.m.) j I SYDNEY, this day. | A sub-committee of the Newcastle lamber of Commerce reports that good | ounds exist for the complaints of imping there, and urges the Governint to take strong measures to suppress I c blood money evil Last week the Newcastle Chamber of ammerce stated that the Chamber id no special charges to make, id did not suggest that crimping as now going on. It was acknowledged, »wever, that the system of extorting hat was known as -'blood-money" preliled. The difference between the two i.ses was very clear. Crimping was a enal offence; obtaining a bonus, or ood-money, for seamen was not an ofmce, and was really a matter between he man who supplied the men and the lip's captain.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 140, 12 June 1908, Page 5
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128CRIMPING AT NEWCASTLE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 140, 12 June 1908, Page 5
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