A HARSH LAW.
ALIEN RESTRICTIONS. By Association—Copyrights ■ . , . ' Sydnejr, June* 30.' ' Shipping /companies complain of the harassing effect of the Alien Restriction Act with regard to shipwrecked Asiatics. The Unlbn Company is the latest vic'tim. ' The British law lays down that distressed seamen must he' landed from a wreck and makes no distinction of color, ■ The Australian law prevents the landing of aliens. The Tofua brought up. the shipwrecked crew of the Kilburn from Fiji, who were mostly Asiatics, and found she could not land them. The men were taken 'hack to the Islands, but one escaped, for which this company is liable to a fine of £IOO.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 70, 1 July 1910, Page 5
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107A HARSH LAW. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 70, 1 July 1910, Page 5
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