THE SHIPPING AND SEAMEN'S ACT
1511 AMENDMENT SANCTIONED. (Per United Press Association). WELLINGTON. March 29 The Shipping and .Seamen Amendment 1911. has received Hie Royal Assent, and a proclamation will shortly be issued bringing it into force on Ist Jjav. The Act provides for the proper safeguarding of a, seaman’s iinerestt when lie has been left on shore through, illness. The onus is placed on owners in sue!) cases of providing for the cost of maintenance ami medicals and other attendance on seamen, and for the cost of liis Initial where illne-s or accident terminates in his deatli in Now Zealand. For breach of these and other provisions of n similar kind a penalty of £IOO is provided.
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Southland Times, Issue 17004, 30 March 1912, Page 6
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