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COMPENSATION.. FOR T)E4ffl[ AT . sea. ' By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 1»-12.10 a.m. mt \ „ Sydney, Novwnbar 30. Ihe High Court- delivered tin inport* ant judgment in connection with th« Seamen's Compensation Act. A se'eond officer of a steamer was killed At sea, the widow recovered £ooo damages, from the Australian Steamship Company, which appealed against the verdict on the ground that the Commonwealth Parliament had no power to pass the Act relating to extra-territorial waters. The Court, by five to one. Judge Barton being the dissentient, dismissed the appeal.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 150, 1 December 1914, Page 4
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90IMPORTANT TO SEAMEN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 150, 1 December 1914, Page 4
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