THE MARITIME CONFERENCE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 10 April 1907, Page 3

THE MARITIME CONFERENCE

LATEST CABLE NEWS. UMTEI) NiESS ASSOCIATION —UY KLECTEIO TELEOBAPH.—COPYUIQIIT

IMPORTANT MOTION CARRIED. AUSTRALASIAN CONDITIONS APPL/I.D TO FOREIGN shipping DOING COASTAL WORK. Received 9th, 10 p.m. London, April <l. j The Maritime Conference discussed the classes of voyage to which Australasian conditions would be apijieable ■ Ultimately, Mr. Hughes' 'resolution was ciiried unanimously, rendering |,. aliie to Australasian law, vessels registered in the colonies while trading therein, also vessels, wherever registered while engaged in coastal trade: vessels' lo be deemed traders if tliev t:\k- ;arn, <>r passengers at any colonial port for uiy ir.nei colonial pun. Mr. ilill said he believed if (he CommonwMlth applied Australasian coudi lions l„ oversea vessels doing an incidental toasting trade, some of the Irtish fen ices might be compelled to will)draw. Mr. Thomson, a Commonwealth delegate, dissented, stating that there was no -ittjr.ipt to shut out British ovoi.-.a vessels irom an incidental coastal trad', which was chiefly passenger trallic. S"- W. l.vi.e denied that there was hostility towards oversea shipping. The Australian proposals were luerefv part and parcel of the Contracts Law, preventing the importation of workmen at lower rules than locally paid.