Navigation Laws.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14284, 27 August 1910, Page 4 (Supplement)

Navigation Laws.

I A COILUUN WEALTH iiILL. ! A Navigation lull has been intro- . duced in the L''ede:al of UepI 3Vs;-ntat:\'os. which inaki\> ],;:it!y a.L. r- | ations in the existing An.-traKai 'Shipping Law. Some of ihe nuiii : features oi the .Bill are applied to the 'Now Zealand and .Paciiic i.siand tradi 'da well as tiii; Australian. A ; vossol means one making >iiort to Australian ports,, noi exceeding, radius of -JUO mill?.*. Desertion will mean absence irom a. without lawnil cau-i'. ,\s regards. criiMDinu;, it--I>l'G vidot) i.iiat- no ;]1 Other than t W(3 ; iiiariih! superintendent, or the owne--. master, mate or cult,neer of a ship shall or .supply .seamen or apprentices the penally tor a broach, oi' the provision homy; .Col) or three mouths imprison meni.. A penally oi' hs provided lor receivmy; money for supply ot seair.en. A seaman in order to h-3 rated A.B. must Lave .s n rved at least throe years as aii approntu'-e before the mast, but this provision does not ripply to seamen raLed A.iJ. bei'ore the cotilmenoonient of the Aft. The crow of a foreign groino; ship. ?hT[ : sh or foreign, v.w.c-ih not Ik- employed in loadino- lior. Tho penalty tor a breach is :Cir : n f . The penalties for ofFenfr----. aeainst discipline are erms'derah] v r. duced. Berthing aeeonnnodation for seamen and appreni ices is increased to not less than 140 euhie feed, not les< than 18 superficial feet- measured on ibe fleck or Hoor, and not le<s than oft measured between "hunks clear of all eucumhranees nt the forward or narrow end. ForoiVn seamen on foreign ves-els he plared on board if absent without leave, but in the rase of seamen who ;>re Australian ed 'Kens, su-h action ennnoi* lie faken without Ihmr consenb. All vessels registered in tralia or j M f} l{ » <•:>;;>{ ''po- trade 7in:st be flf Led w.th wire]e.<-< teh-^raph:e appara ins. ! s r<-vision is made for iV'.ndar boat drill. Ci reprc e:i iipj; all pari;.:- a"o to advise 'on rcinilfitions and scales of par.