A LEGAL BURLESQUE.
CASK (ITXDEIt AI'STIIALIAN imil.i CiIiATIUX ACT. Ueeeived 24th, i.u.37 p.m. Sydney, April 24. 11l .ho case of the neamship Tsinau's two Chinese, who were charged with lauding in Australia in contravention of the Immigration Act, counsel for t!i" defence contended that a contract immigrant meant an immigrant under contract to perform .uaiuial labor m Australia. Tile accused were li iiJiir immigrants nor contract immigraim. The action had been taken by" some strikers to serve private ends. Counel for the pioseeution claimed that the Act applied to men working on | a vessel so far as Australian waters jweie concerned and submitted J that the accused had landetl in Australia because they were working on tin Australian boat. The Magistrate considered the charge not made oib, and dismissed the case.
The prosecution intimated that the case would probably go further. A large number of strikers watched the proceedings.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 25 April 1907, Page 3
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149A LEGAL BURLESQUE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 25 April 1907, Page 3
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