Deputation from the Seamen's Union. Wellington, June 7.
A deputation from iba Federated icftuen's Union waited on Ihe Mini- - sife- ot liaiih-e tc*ca v> With leforence
to the loss of the Oh an and the TTine-ran-i's disaslei . Th^v su egos ted that the cuTvincf of dock cargoes on colli°rs should bo prohibited, and that full enquiries be raido as to whether tho loid-hno on New Zealand coasters allo\\ s sufficient freeboaul to be spc,me They alles^d tint the coastal vioik on tlis (l(ne;"moiit w^ cdrriod out at vrv gL'ent ri-.k, n'ul thp mnsters of the sJeimus did not lake sn'ficient prpciutions Tt uns contended that thoso vessels veve the Irirdost worked on the coast. The Jf nister said in roplv that no instrnctJOiiS had e\cr b^fMi s;ivcn xhp'i vould warrant the officers m piidin", j i'i"^ the Inos of the m n n Tie v;onl 1 \iv the imtter before tlia o"icers of tlio Depvtm^nt, and n any clnrqe was shjsL^l homo to an o'(i<vr he would lmvo to .urwer for it "WiHi res])- 1 " 1 ; to thj Ohm. he said that th.-> ing ii'-v alreld^ 7 ord'-red would be mxde of a mo^t exhuislive character.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 6, 10 June 1899, Page 3
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196Deputation from the Seamen's Union. Wellington, June 7. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 6, 10 June 1899, Page 3
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