SEAMEN'S COMPENSATION
SEQUEL TO HIGH COURT JUDGMENT. ' fly 'Tdgsratili—PfesS Afeofi'iAtlen^GOprTfpJjt (Roc. June 9,11.35 p.m.) Sydney, Juro ft. As the result of recent Jitipation and , an important judgment- by the /High . pOlWji in #■ case for compensation brought b.y a seaman. against, the I'liion : Steati) Ship Company of New Zealand.' the Seamen's Union has advised thi shipping companies that clauses which havi' been _ inserted in the Seamen's Compensation Act, to oiv-iato from ■ •Tune. !", will apply in crews trading outside the limits of the Common- j wealth. " .
Tile Jlig!.i Coiirt ,o'f Aiipeal in May 12 list delivered a judgmenv ofcrcat imp-:>rt-arit-e te s.hfp.piirg i.-omj-r'nios. A teaman sought compensation from ' the Union S.twffii Ship Company iov mi'Xries- received aboard tlio steamer Moana, \vhen 200 miles at sea, on the return voyage from Sa.n 3Prahcisoo fa Sydney, The ciaiiu was. based on the voyage from S.vdney'to fivd ii.ey.; therefore,. .til® ship wfe.iiti^er- - til 39 Cohvrtifl6»'<Siitll IftiV fo'v tlie Th« c#n.l.pan,y lieki that it VtA-a.'itp.li to pay eompenr-aiian until tlie;vc.4sel iind reached ('ommcinwealtls. waters. -'-Tlio Court uphold the csiiipany'? 'tfoflteWibhi'*
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2172, 10 June 1914, Page 7
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174SEAMEN'S COMPENSATION Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2172, 10 June 1914, Page 7
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