SHIPPING AND SEAMEN ACT.
TO OOAIE INTO FORCE- ON MAY 1. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, March 29. The Shipping and Seamen Amendment- Act. 1911. lias received the Royal. assent, and a proclamation Avill shortly be issued bringing it into force on May 1. The Act provides for the . proper safeguarding of a seaman’,s interest Avheu li e lias been left on shore through illness. The onus is placed on the owners in such, cases of .provid_ ing the cost of maintenance and medical and other attendance on seamen and for the cost of his burial where the illness or accident terminates in hi,3 death. For a .breach of these and other provisions' of a similar kind a penalty ot £IOO is provided.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3488, 30 March 1912, Page 2
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122SHIPPING AND SEAMEN ACT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3488, 30 March 1912, Page 2
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