Admiralty — Prize — Enemy ship in Victorian port at outbreak of war — Order for detention in lieu of confiscation — Subsequent motion for condemnation of ship — Power of Court to vary order — Right of ship to benefit of Sixth Hague Convention — Reciprocal obligations created by Sixth Hague Convention — Effect of Armistice terms and terms of Peace Treaty on rights created under Sixth Hague Convention — Liability of ship to condemnation by reason of Armistice terms and terms of Peace Treaty — Sixth Hague Convention (18th October 1907) — Articles 1, 2, 6 — Proclamation of the 6th October 1914 — Prize Court Rules (1914) — Order XXXVIII., r.], Appendix A, Form 53, II. and IV. — Article 30 of Armistice terms, 11th November 1918 — Convention prolonging Armistice with Germany, 16th January 1919 — Versailles Treaty of Peace (10th January 1920), Articles 236, 244, Annex III., Articles 297 (b), 439, 440.

Admiralty — Practice — Procedure — Action in rem against ship for goods sold and moneys advanced on ship's credit — Default of appearance — Motion for judgment by default — Proof of claim, whether necessary — Leave to proceed ex parte — Appraisement and sale of ship ordered — Rules of Supreme Court 1916, Chapter IX. — Admiralty Rules, rr. 93 (b), 104, 129, 165 — English Rules of Court — Order XIII., r. 12A.

Admiralty — Practice — Procedure — Action in rem by master and crew for wages — Ship under arrest — Master and seamen's maritime lien — Transferability — Volunteer prepared to advance money for sustenance of crew — Order allowing him lien on proceeds of sale of ship — Officer as deputy of Marshal.

Admiralty - Jurisdiction of Supreme Court in Admiralty - Equipping of ship - Supply of necessaries - Necessaries - Meaning of in admiralty law - Foreign ship - Ship under arrest at time of institution of cause - Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890 (Imp.) - Admiralty Court Act 1840 s6 - Admiralty Court Act 1861, s4, s5 - Admiralty Rules 1916.