INDRABARAB'S CARGO.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1798, 10 July 1913, Page 5

INDRABARAB'S CARGO.

. S.S. MAKARINI TO TAKE IT. ■. As / indicated yesterday the representatives of the Tvser Lino have dispatched a message to the harbourmaster at Port Chalmers asking if 'it were possible to berth tho big steamer Star or India alongside the Indrabarah at that P o "* The answer received from Captain Thomson (Dunedin harbourmaster) was to the effect that a berth could be arranged for both vessels to lie alongside each otner. The 1 intention of the Tyser representatives is to obviate as much as possible ■ tho handling of the frozen meat cargo /during the process of transhipment. > Yesterday, Mr. Nicholls, secretary of the I'Wellington Harbour Board, notified : the Tyser Line's agents that' the two vessels could not bo berthed alongside each other at the wharf: In order to meet the Tyser I Line as far as possible, however, the Harl hour Board has given permission for the 1 Indrabfirah's meat to be transhipped direct over the wharves, with the Tyser i Company's own labour, at tho rate which would have been charged had the -tran- ! shipment been overside, viz., at 6d. a

Spoken ,to last evening Mr. R. Fletcher 1 (chairman of the Wellington Harbour •BOard) stated that tinder/tlio.by-laws the I harbourmaster had full dutlidrity and ; oontrol in such' matters. Tho result of negotiations is that the Star of India left ■' Wellington for Brisbane early this morning The Makarini is due here next Wednesday and she will take the Indrabarah's transhipments. It is expected that the ; Indrabarah will leave Wellington for Port Chalmers for docking on or about July • 23. On Tuesday Messrs. .John Mill and • Co., Dunedin, received instructions to arrange for the labour; etc., that will be required to handlo tho Indrabarah at Port Chalmers.' THE INQUIRY. QUESTIONS ABOUT ASSESSORS. The member for Hutt (Mr. T. M. Wilford) gave notico in the House of Representatives yesterday to aek the Minister for Marine, "Why he has appointed two assessors for the Indrabarah inquiry, one of whom has had no experience in the trade or locality in whioh the stranding ccourred,, considering 1 that Section 235 of the Shipping and . Seamen Act provides that where a formal investigation involves or appears likely to involve any questions as to the cancellation or suspension of the. certificate of a) master, mate, or engineer, the Court shall hold the investigation with the assistance of not less than two assessors having experience in the merchant service, and a3 far as possible having experience in the trade' 'in which the casualty happens?"