PRESIDENT OF INDIA v. MOOR LINE, LTD.*

[1958] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 205

AUSTRALIA.HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA.

Before Chief Justice Dixon, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Webb, Mr. Justice Fullagar, and Mr. Justice Taylor.

Charter-party - Time lost in loading owing to labour shortage - Inability of shipowners to obtain labour to work overtime - Claim for dispatch money or damages - Alleged duty on shipowners to provide labour - Construction of Australian Grain charter-party. Charter-party - Charterer's "right of sending the cargo alongside continuously . . . and the vessel shall be bound to proceed with the loading" - Meaning - Whether loading to be continuous over the whole loading period.