THE COMMONWEALTH
NAVIGATION BILL. A FAR-REACHING MEASURE. COASTAL TRADE AND SEAMEN’S WAGES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received September 13, 0.21 a.m.) MELBOURNE, September 12. A Navigation * Bill has been introduced in the Senate. One provision is that no foreign ship must engage in coastal trade without a license, under a penalty of £SOO. Ships registered in a foreign country or sailing under a foreign flag may be exempted from the provision as to license it satisfaction is given that by the law of the country wherein they are registered British ships may engage in coasting trade there without a license and as freely as ships under that country’s flag. The Bill provides that seamen engaged in the coastal trade must receive wages at the rates ruling in Australia, and such wages—in cases where ships are trading beyond Australia — must be paid before departure from Australia.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6313, 13 September 1907, Page 5
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