Supreme Court.
The plaintiff claims-
1.
A decree pronouncing the said sums, amounting in the whole to $1,200, to be due to him for wages and disbursements, and directing the said vessel to be sold and the amount due to him to be paid to him out of the proceeds.
2.
Such further and other relief as the nature of the case may require.
Dated the ... day of ... 19...
(Signed)
A.B., Plaintiff.
b. (The "Northumbria")
PETITION.
In the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, Admiralty Jurisdiction.
Writ issued ... 19...
[Title of action.]
1. In or about the month of July, 1905, the plaintiff was engaged by the owners of the British ship "Northumbria" to serve on board her as her master, at wages after the rate of $130 per month, and he entered into the service of the said ship as her master accordingly, and thenceforward served on board her in that capacity and at that rate of wages until he was discharged as hereinafter stated.
2. When the plaintiff so entered into the service of the said ship she was lying at the port of North Shields in the county of Northumberland, and she thence sailed to Point de Galle, and thence to divers other ports abroad, and returned home to Cardiff, she arrived on the 1st October, 1907.
3. The "Northumbria", after having received divers repairs at Cardiff left that port on the 5th November, 1907, under the command of the plaintiff on a voyage, which is thus described in the ship's articles signed by the plaintiff and her crew before commencing the same, viz., “A voyage from Cardiff to Bahia or Pernambuco, and any ports or places in the Brazils, or North or South America, United States of America, Indian, Pacific, or Atlantic Oceans, China or Eastern Seas, Cape Colonies, West Indies, or Continent of Europe, including the Mediterranean Sea or Seas adjacent, to and fro, if required, for any period not exceeding three years, but finally to a port of discharge in the United Kingdom or Continent of Europe."
4. The "Northumbria", after so leaving Cardiff, met with bad weather and suffered damage, and was compelled to put back to Falmouth for repairs before again proceeding on her voyage.
5. The plaintiff was ready and willing to continue in the service of the "Northumbria", and to perform his duty as master on and during the said voyage, but the defendants, the owners of the "Northumbria", wrongfully and without reasonable cause discharged the plaintiff on the 23rd November from his ...
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Supreme Court.
The plaintiff claims-
1.
A decree pronouncing the said sums, amounting in the whole to $1,200, to be due to him for wages and disbursements, and directing the said vessel to be sold and the amount due to him to be paid to him out of the proceeds.
2.
Such further and other relief as the nature of the case may require.
Dated the
day of
(Signed)
19
+
A.B., Plaintiff.
b. (The "Northumbria")
PETITION.
In the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, Admiralty Jurisdiction.
Writ issued
[Title of action.]
19
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1. In or about the month of July, 1905, the plaintiff was engaged by the owners of the British ship "Northumbria" to serve on board her as her master, at wages after the rate of $130 per month, and he entered into the service of the said ship as her master accordingly, and thenceforward served on board her in that capacity and at that rate of wages until he was discharged as hereinafter stated.
2. When the plaintiff so entered into the service of the said ship she was lying at the port of North Shields in the county of Northumberland, and she thence sailed to Point de Galle, and thence where to divers other ports abroad, and returned home to Cardiff, she arrived on the 1st October, 1907.
3. The "Northumbria", after having received divers repairs at Cardiff left that port on the 5th November, 1907, under the command of the plaintiff on a voyage, which is thus described in the ship's articles signed by the plaintiff and her crew before commencing the same, viz., “A voyage from Cardiff to Bahia or "Pernambuco, and any ports or places in the Brazils, or North "or South America, United States of America, Indian, Pacific, or "Atlantic Oceans, China or Eastern Seas, Cape Colonies, West "Indies, or Continent of Europe, including the Mediterranean Sea "or Seas adjacent, to and fro, if required, for any period not "exceeding three years, but finally to a port of discharge in the "United Kingdom or Continent of Europe."
4. The "Northumbria", after so leaving Cardiff, met with bad weather and suffered damage, and was compelled to put back to Falmouth for repairs before again proceeding on her voyage.
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5. The plaintiff was ready and willing to continue in the service of the "Northumbria", and to perform his duty as master on and during the said voyage, but the defendants, the owners of the "Northumbria", wrongfully and without reasonable cause discharged the plaintiff on the 23rd November from his
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