RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CHINESE CREW.
rßx.Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] , - (Per Press Association.) Received July 5, at 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 the £IOO sterling fine to be debited against the account of the Chinese member of the crew who deserted in Australia as the expenses incurred through his desertion. Coini-.- 1 oil. behalf of the Board of Trade, that the owners knowingly risked" taking Chinamen to Australia, and were hned 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, whose accounts might be lumped with those of deserting Chinamen. The magistrates supported the Board of Trade.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10499, 6 July 1910, Page 4
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140RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CHINESE CREW. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10499, 6 July 1910, Page 4
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