SEA PASSENGERS' RIGHTS.
STATE ACTION SUGGESTED.
(By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.)
WELLINGTON - , this day.
According to Mr. Savage (Auckland West):, when a traveller takes out a ticket; to travel by sea lie receives a printed document, which he probably does not read, but which purports to relieve the shipping company of all liability in respect to accident, except tbat occurring as the .result of the negligence of the company's servants. A Wellington barrister, Mr- P. J. CKRegan, added Mr. Savage, is entitled to credit for taking up, on behalf of the public, this unfair contract. He had petitioned the Government asking for legislation' in connection with the rights of passengers against ship owners and other transport proprietors in respect of injuries by accident resulting from the negligence of shipowner or other defendants. The Public Petitions Committee has reported to the House in connection with this petition, referring the matter to the Government for consideration, with a view to concerted action being taken by the Imperial Government.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19280920.2.145
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 223, 20 September 1928, Page 22
Word count
Tapeke kupu
164SEA PASSENGERS' RIGHTS. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 223, 20 September 1928, Page 22
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in