NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING LAWS.
; A COMPLAINT.; " • 4 .;, MR. CHAMBERLAIN, DESIRES^ ; ~.;\ K> . :uniformity.; ■/ 7" ~ MR, REAVES EXPLAINS, . \ : : ] rim ilsocUtion.-Kltctric T«!««t»pli. -CoMti- k *' ■• -: • ' - l '', "liOSDOiS, Jul' : '.A .".. In the Houses of Commons, {y>«*el Sit ftE, S. Hill, President of ■ «»• Wtaniber of ■ j Shipping,' "that ithe 'New}>'■ Zealand .Ssanien's Act oompulled British; -• shipowners to pay local wages, despite | the conditions of the 'contracts they •' had entered ijito.','' '.',.' ~ A'.;,' & '•. I Mr. Oharaborluin replied, suggesting that the New i Zealand Government should Jimib the, operations of, the law' '1 to coasting vessels. He said lie pre- '..s sumedv the (colonies were aware that uniformity of shipping legislation was' : desirable.througliout the empire.., : • ■-•• f London, July 29. . Mr. Reeve?, in a letter to the Time* explains .that the' Shipping Act mentioned in.the House of Commons. is limited in its operation to New Zealand " vessbls, and to' oft-coast traders.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10508, 30 July 1897, Page 5
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