A DAMAGED HARBOUR MOLE
cladf against owners of'.col■lidinCt vessel. .•-■■ . By Telegraph—Press^ Association ' Wanganui, Juno 6'. At the . Supreme Court' to-day, _ before the Chief Justice and a special jury, a civil action , was concluded in which the Wanganui Harbour Board claimed from the New Zealand Refrigerating' Company an amount of .£65-4, alleged damage to the south mole on the occasion of the wreck- of the defendant company's schooner Eunice. Tho plaintiffs alleged negligence on the part 'of tho defendant company's servants, and stated that the amount claimed was tl\e actual cost of the repair work that had to bo done to tho mole. ' \ ' ■. . The defendants admitted that their vessel collided with tl'i mole, but held , that the accident was due to the elements on that occasion, and that, the master of their vessel had taken every precaution possible in entering"port. A large amount of expert nautical evidence was ffnlled by both sides. The jiiry returned a verdict in favour of the defendant company, with costs.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 222, 7 June 1918, Page 4
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164A DAMAGED HARBOUR MOLE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 222, 7 June 1918, Page 4
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