The Federal Navigation Bill
♦■ Expert Evidence, Cross Aiisooution—Copyright. Meluouiise, August -1 Captain' Parsons, suporiuioiulcnt of tlio Mercantile Murine, in his evidence on tho Navigation Hill Commission, said that thiwfjflhs of tho crews of tlio British vessels were foreigners, mid the proportion was rapidly , increasing. Foreign vessels employed their own sailors. Some of the conditions regarding tliti treatment of seamen required amendment. The nrincipal reason for the desertions was to get Australian wages.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1059, 5 August 1904, Page 3
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72The Federal Navigation Bill Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1059, 5 August 1904, Page 3
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