MASTERS DISRATED

Evening Star, Issue 19794, 18 February 1928, Page 11

MASTERS DISRATED

THE COOK STRAIT INCIDENT MAY BE NAUTICAL INQUIRY [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, February 18. In connection with the Maunganui and Tamahine incident, Captain A. Totem, Into of the Oonah, relieves Captain A. H. Davey in command of the Maunganui, and Captain Fish, late of the Ivaimanawa, takes charge of the Tamahine in place of Captain M'Lellan. [These changes take place _as the result of an inquiry into a Cook Strait incident in -which it was found that tho masters of tho liners contravened the company’s regulations.] Later. Apart from any inquiry made by the Union Steamship Company into the recent incident in Cook Strait between tho steamers Maunganui and Tamahine, which resulted in the disratement of both captains, the whole matter has been the_ subject of investigation by the Marine Department from the time when it was first _ brought under the notice of the officials. Instructions were issued for reports to be obtained from the captains, and it is understood that these will be in the bands of the department to-day. The reports will be considered by the nautical advisers of the department, who will then recommend whether or not a nautical inquiry should be held.