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Evening Star, Issue 3465, 31 March 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER, To-mobbow. Heads I Pobt Chalmers | Dunedin 2.18p.m, 1 , 2.53 Am ) 3.38 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ABBIVED. March 31.—Jessie Nicholl, yacht, from a 6 raise. Passengers ; Messrs Smith and Wood. SAILED. March 31.—Defiance, 22 tons, Burke, for Oamartt. Margaret Scollay, 16 tons, Cowan, for Moaraki. Hope, 21 tons, Gay, for the Molyneux. , Cora, 45 tons, Russell, for Wanganui, via Oamaru. City of Dunedin, 1,002 tons, Ross, for London. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Sweeney, Mr and Mrs M‘Ewan, Mr and Mrs Forrest and five children, Mrs teinraetz and four children, Mrs and Miss Moss, Mr and Mrs Stoddart and four children, Mrs Hoskin, Messrs M‘Korrow, Shaw, Keonig, Scott, Guthrie, Clegg, Laverty, Richardson, Malcolm, and Faulkner. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Albion, for Bluff, April 3. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, April 1. Claud Hamilton, for Northern Ports, April 1. Helen Bums, for London, April 15. Kassa, for Newcastle, early. Mongol, for San Francisco, April 7. Margaret Galbraith, for London, Ap.ril 15. v Skmson, for Oamaru, April 3. Wanganui, for Bluff, April 1. The,-barque Southern Cross commenced to discharge her cargo into lighters this morning. : The ship Trevelyan will be removed from the Quarantine Ground alongside the railway pier to-morrow. The barque Lady Emma, was removed from the stream, and moored alongside the hulk 'fienVuTy - ' to discharge. The ship City of Dunedin, for London, commenced to unmoor this morning, and was towed to sea by the tug Geelong this afternoon. This .morning the ship Lutterworth, which left this'port last Thursday for Newcastle, was signalled from the Heads, and the tug Geelong immediately proceeded down and towed her up as far as the lower part of the cross channel. She has retamed for more ballast. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ■ Lyttelton, March 31.—The Albion sailed for Dunedin, yia Oamaru. : The Ocean Wave arrived from the Chatham Islands, with wool and horses. The Fiery Cross and Ivanhoe sailed with produce for Auckland, THE ANAZI INQUIRY. On March 21, Mr Beckham, 8.M., delivered l * following as the judgment of the Court of I*l iry into the stranding of the barque Anazi: C \e Court is of _ opinion that the barque Aa*V ■ i was' stranded in consequence of the misihauj gement of the master, Captain Holman, whilit laboring under the influence of liquor. The Court is also of opinion that the chief mate, Mr Wise, has been, guilty of gross neglect of duty, and showed an utter disregard for the safety .of the ship from the time she was laid-to until, she stranded. The Court is further, of Opinion that the second mate, Mr Marsack, was extremely culpable in not at once reporting to the chief mate the fact that he believed the captain to bA under the influence of liquor. The 6th l section of the Inquiry into Wrecks Act, 1869, prohibits the Court from cancelling

flc suspending the.'Certificates of the officers unless it be proved that the ship was *- seriously . damaged,” the act of stranding being entirely ignored. The evidence shows that the stranding of the Anazi caused her to lose twelve feet of her false keel; but otherwise she does not appear to have been injured. The Question, therefore, to be considered is, does the loss of twelve feet of false keel constitute ** serious damage,” as contemplated by the 15th Section.Of. the Act under which' these proceedings are instituted. Upon that point no evidence whatever was offered. The Nautical Assessor and the Court are of opinion (in the total absence of any testimony to the contrary) that it H does not,? and therefore the Court has no power to deal with the case under the In <piiry into Wrecks Act, 1869. Now it will be Men that under the; ■ Merchant Shipping Act only two classes of officers can be punished—the captain and chief officer—the second mate Qannot be touched at all. There is no doubt that the first.mate of the Anazi deserves to he punished severely. He absolutely declared that he. had his watch and watch about without being disturbed, and yet he said that the master was ill for the want of rest. In spite Of the knowledge which he declared on oath : that the-mate was incompetent—although he did. not .use that word—from want of rest, he turned-in leaving the ship hove to, surrounded py laud, the wlind on the lee shore, not caring ope farthing - whether the ship stranded or Now. a man who would do that deserves I?. ~1 Safely punished I can tell him that had there been serious damage proved, not only would the master have been severely punished, but the chief officer also would have had his certificate suspended. But the monstrous thing now is that if we could deal with the captain we could not punish the tpajtfs, anda great injustice would arise through these two men escaping, who have both been gmlsy of great neglect. They did not care whether the ship was stranded or not. The Mcond- mate told us that because the master although in a state of intoxication, he did not heave the lead, or take any trouble ship whatever. It is true he went once or twice to the master and , told him the ship was approaching the land, but the moment the master was on deck, he took no further trouble. Such men deserve to be severely punished; and if serious damage had been proved, the two mate# would have been made Sles of. But I feel I have no power to re further than I have done. The report , c ° ur ®?> l g° to the Governor; what steps uo will take 1 do not know, ■ Mr ri? eß £? th: He has akea *y had a dose, your Worship. Mr Beckham; He deserves a dose. Drunkenness on the part of a captain is most unpardonable. I can tell him be has had a narrow The able defence of his counsel astonished me, and I confess I was wholly unSared for anything of the kind. - With reto costs, X think he should pay them. He IS a young man; it is the first time he has had command of a ship ; and I hope sincerely this will be a warning to him for the remainder of r i a g° od acquaintance with the forehold; if he keeps to that he will do well. The Nautical Assessor is of opinion the t-opt has the power to punish, and on that point we differ. The ease will stand over for settlement of the amount of costs.