INQUEST MAY REOPEN
-Press Association.)
Deaths of Leander Ratings
(By Telegraph-
AUCKLAND, Last Night. There is a possibility that the inquest concluded on board the Leander on Thursday last concerning the deaths of three seamen from the cruiser who were drojvned off Karaka Bay when a galley capsized during a race will be re-opened in view of a step taken by the coroner, Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in making an addition to his finding. This addifion is being forwarded to the Under-Secretary of Justice, to whom the vyhole file of the proceedings is sent. The addition reads as foilows; "Since this inquiry closed, the liarbourmaster at Auckland has publicly stated that he notified the Achilles of this accident about an our earlier than the time stated by Lieutenant-Commander Lloyd in his evidence before me. I think this should be inquired into, and if the liarbourmaster is correct, an explanation is required for the reason why a boat was not sent earlier to the scene of the accident."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBHETR19371214.2.43
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 69, 14 December 1937, Page 5
Word Count
168INQUEST MAY REOPEN Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 69, 14 December 1937, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in