Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited) v Spendiff - (1903) 23 NZLR 239

Ship — Engagement of Seamen — Agreement — Forfeiture of Wages for Misconduct — Validity — Sanction of Minister — Regulation — General Application — Submission of Questions to Superintendent of Marine — Jurisdiction of Magistrate — "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," Sections 39 (Subsection 7), 61, 66, 136.