CHINESE SEAMEN.
■ .$ ' POINT IN AUSTRALIAN LAW. By Telegraph—Press Association—OoDyrteht ' (Rec. July 5, 11.10 p.m.) London, July 5. The owners of the steamer Crown of Galicia have appealed against the Board of Trade's decision not.to allow a fine of £100 to be debited against the account of a Chinese member of the crew who deserted in It was proposed to enter the amount as expenses incurred through the man's' desertion. Counsel on behalf of the Board of Trade argued that the owners knowingly risked taking Chinese to Australia, and were fined primarily because they broke the Australian law, the owners being permitted to make collective •returns of the accounts of absent seamen. If the present claim were - allowed, it would have a disastrous effect on British seamen, whoso accounts might be lumped with that of a deserting Chinese.
The magistrates supported the Board of Trade's contentions.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 861, 6 July 1910, Page 7
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145CHINESE SEAMEN. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 861, 6 July 1910, Page 7
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