MARITIME CONFERENCE.
GUARANTEES TO SEAMEN. GENEVA, June 22. The Maritime Conference adopted a draft convention granting seamen the fullest guarantees in _ connection with the punishment of crimes aboard ship, while leaving national Legislatures the right of fixing penalties applicable to different offences. _ The conference rejected a British amendment to exclude desertion and absence without leave. The conference the International Labour Office witn the task of examining the penalties obtaining in different countries for the breaking of seamen’s articles of agreement, requesting that it submit the results to the joint maritime committee, with a view to preparing an international solution. —Reuteij.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 174, 24 June 1926, Page 7
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