NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2204, 17 July 1914, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

HARBOUR COLLISIONS THE CLANSMAN-PAHIKI INQUIRf. (By Teteffrapb.—Preea Association.) Auckland, July 16. The Court of Inquiry regarding the collision between the Northern Company's steamer Clansman and the scow Paliiki, owned by M'Callum Bros., as the result of which the scow sank in Auckland • Harbour, found that the Clansman was not an. overtaking vessel, though the collision was due to the neglect of the second officer, Carl Brink, to keep a sharp look-out, and that the failure of the scow to show a flare-up light was an error of judgment, not wrongful default. Because the chief officer of the Clansman, who was not at hia post at the time of the' collision, could not be cited as a party, no doubt the Northern Company woula take such aotion as it thought proper with regard to his disobedience of regulations. The Court ordered Captain M'Leod, of the Clansman, to pay three-fourths and the second officer to pay onefourth of the costs of the inquirv. BUTCHERS PASS IT ON. Christchurch, July 15. • Owing to the continued high prices ruling for all classes of live stock, but more especially for sheep, the Christcliurch butchers have decided that in order to recoup themselves for tlieir outlay the price of all classes of meat shall be increased as from to-morrow. For some time_ members of 'the trade have been considering the position, and ultimately it was decided that the only thing to do was to pass on the in creased.cost to the consumers.