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BURNS, PHILP & CO., LTD. v. NELSON & ROBERTSON PROPRIETARY, LTD.*

[1958] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 342

AUSTRALIA.HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA.

Before Dixon, C.J., McTiernan, Williams, Webb, and Kitto, JJ.

Australia- Salvage- Cargo- Limitation of action - Claim brought against owners of cargo on salved ship more than two years after salvage services rendered - Whether action statute-barred - Construction of statute- Ambiguity - Australian Navigation Act, 1912-1953, Sect. 396- Maritime Conventions Act, 1911, Sect. 8.

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