A STRANGE PROBLEM.
-*■ — — .'".'■• m VANCOUVER, July _3. lhr.ee eaijors shipped at Sydney in the ! Canadian Importer to replace deserters were not allowed to enter Canada under the regulation prohibiting the admission of unskilled laborers generally. This is the home port of the vessel, therefore tlie men will be paid off under the Lritish Board of Trade rules. The Australians must return as passengers to their port of engagement. If returned under the immigration regulations thev become- technically distressed Britishseamen, and will probaßlv be refused a landing in Sydney, and returned to Van- ' couver ad infinitum. Two firemen in the same case were alleged* to land, undertaking not to work here, but to leave by the first chance ocean-going ship engaging them. Ottawa is considering the. matter'.— A. and N.Z.C.A. (Received July, 26, "8.55 a.m.) VANCOUVER, July 24. . Ottawa has ordered the unconditional admission of five Australian sailors off the- Canadian Importer. They will be released and paid off.— A. and N.Z.C.A. . .S-s__-__-_5-__S9 '' ' '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15276, 26 July 1920, Page 3
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162A STRANGE PROBLEM. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15276, 26 July 1920, Page 3
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