A Svclney paper of a recent- date siys ._lj}y a Japanese steamer on Wednesday came two' camels as a «-ift- from the Mikado of Japan to the Sydney Zoological Society. Very ice f—- At the Newcastle Police Court on Wednesday a skipper was fined £IOO for allowing a prohibited immigrant, a Japanese, to enter the Commonwealth. Very ? ' The liability of shipping companies regarding perishable .produce has always boon a moat point, ail cl tlio bill of lading in general use is so worded that if such produce is landed in bad condition none of the loss falls on the ship. Ail action is set down for hearing in the Supreme Count of Victoria, which will involve a review of the whole of the law on this important question. The Orient Steam Navigation Company brought from European ports several thousand cases of lemons, and on arrival in Melbourne nearly half the fruit was found to he so badly damaged ns to bo unfit for consumption. The company repudiates liability, and it is this issue tho Court- will be called upon to decide,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2214, 18 October 1907, Page 3
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