SAILORS AND FEMALE IMMIGRANTS.
The law takes an extreme view of-.the position of a sailor -Wlb dares, .tp speak ,to an immigrant girl on . board . his vessel. It amounts to disobedience of the commands of the master, and the penalty aIT severe. Two sailers attaefred td the steamer Irishman, which brought"' 1,200 immigrants to AaMMMa, were offenders in this respebt, And they were dealt -ith at the Melbourne Police Court last week.'’“Despite the lawlul commands o( the master, they spoke to immigrant girls in the hatch and iVthe diningroom of the ship ,on t\yp specific dates. They were the subjects' of a precedent in law, which lays it down that seamen are prohibited from speaking to (immigrants in “the space allotted to immigrants,” and the upshot was that they were ordered to be impHsotied for five weeks, without being given the option of paying a fine. The prosecution urged that strict discipline was necessary on immigrant ships, while the police magistrate who heard the cases, observed that he looked upon the offence as a serious one.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1109, 14 June 1913, Page 4
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176SAILORS AND FEMALE IMMIGRANTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1109, 14 June 1913, Page 4
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