NO COMPENSATION.
CASE OF INJURED SEAMEN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. SYDNEY, May 13. The High Court on appeal delivered a judgment of great importance to shipping men. A seaman sought compensation from the Union Company for injuries received aboard the steamer Monnn, while two hundred miles at sea, on the return voyage from San Francisco to Sydney. Tho claim was based on the fact that, tho voyage was from Sydney to Sydney, and therefore the 6hip was under the Commonwealth law for the whole voyage. Tho company held that it was not liable to pay compensation until the vessel had reached Commonwealth waters.
The Court upheld tho company's co ten tion.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16550, 14 May 1914, Page 7
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110NO COMPENSATION. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16550, 14 May 1914, Page 7
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