COURT OF APPEAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 356, 6 April 1910, Page 5

COURT OF APPEAL.

AN INTEIH nI.uXiAL SHIPPING ' CASH. l)y Telegraph.— Ym.k Anovulation. Wellington, Tuesday. At the court of Appeal the Chief .Iflstice (Sir Robert >-tout) and dustices Williams. Kdwank and Chapman heard the case Iln.ldari. i'er:er ami Co. v. the Collector of Customs at Wellington. Tiiis wa-, a v::. v ;al case statid for the opinion of :lie Supreme Court and moved by con-cut into th" Court of Appcai. The company trades in New Zealand and is regNteml at Melbourne. All contracts of service with officers «nd Mwnien aiv fixed hv an award of the Commonwealth, which in some cases are aitrher an I *<' m:> lower th-ni the wage lixed )>,• The Court of Arbitration in New Zealand. Tne New Zealand tioverninent clainiod that while the company's ship; wens in New Zealand ports and travelling between. New Zealand ports they were bound under -c-tiun i'l of the Shipping and Seamen's Act. Mr. Chapman, K.C., appeared for the <ui!ip::i]y, air! Vr. Mv<!:'s for defendant. Wellington, April 5. The Appeal 'Court reserved judgment in the case of lladdart Parker Company v. the Collector of Customs. Mr Myers said it might be that the plaintiff company could deduct what they had paid in New Zealand when discharging their seamen in Melbourne, but whether they could or not was no concern of the New Zealand Court. Power to regulate coastwise shipping must include a power to regulate it while between port nnd port in New Zealand. Otherwise it would be illusory. The Court reserved judgment. j|