AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.
SEAMEN'S COMPENSATION. By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright Sydney, December 1!). Tile High Court unanimously declared the Seamen's Compensation Act recently passed by the Federal Parliament invalid, as section 4 goes beyond its constitutional power purporting to deal with purely internal coasting trade.
Mr. Holman, Attorney-General, states that if the referenda proposals are assented to. the difficulty will be overcome. If not the State will pass suitable legislation to compensate . seamen injured in the internal trade.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 215, 20 December 1910, Page 5
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75AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 215, 20 December 1910, Page 5
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