AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1925, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN ANI) N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION CAN'IS FI! PA I'M I! I’-. IC\‘ IDENCH AT INQUEST. SYDNEY. .July 0. Al the iiifjiiost on list l brave steward f 'i'si vtlinrii, who was killed I>y the life on the steamer Canberra. as cabled on .lime Kith, ti.e coroner returned a verdict oi aeeideiital death Iron l earlion monoxide poisoning, caused hy tlie lire, Imt the evidence did not enable him to sav how tlie fire originated. The Chiel' Onicer of the hire l!rijjade gave evidence Unit when lie reached the wharf. the ship was well alight. What seemed strange was that the lire liad made such headway liefore tlie brigade received a call.

Counsel for the owners of the ( anhorra said it might l>e suggested that the lire started in the carpenter's cab-

Tiie witness replied that it was ini possible to sav where it originated.

A water policeman gave ovidenr; tluit when lie noticed the outbreak smoke and Halites were coming Iron

the carpenter’s cabin. A steward stated that when he went to the pantry about midnight, he saw the ship’s carpenter, !* loot, with an open flare in his hand, come Iron) Ids in bin and go towards the locker.

Fleet, the carpenter, gave evidence that he was perfectly sober that night, lie went to hod at eleven n does, fie woke np coughing, lie could hear lire crackling, bui there was no outbreak' in ids cabin. Witness said lie dressed and went to the assistance oi the firemen, lie emphatically denied that ho had gone to his locker with a lighted flare. He was in hod before the light was put out. DEPORTATION OF 1-AIAHGP ANTS. MELBOURNE. July f). h, the Federal Senate, (Senator Pearec. stated tiiat eiglitv-six persons had been deported from Australia last year, under the Immigration Restriction Act. They mostly were foreigners. lie said. STEAMER ASHORE. SYDXEV, July 0. The collier AA'alhirth is ashore in Catherine Hill Ray. A tug is rushing to her assistance. No details are available.