GREYCLIFFE DISASTER
(Australian Press Association) (Received this day at 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 13. An argument has begun in the Admiralty Court, before Mr Justice Halse Rogers, on question of law arising out of his Honour’s judgment concerning the Greycliffe disaster. Mr Manning, wlio is appearing for the Sydney Ferries, Ltd., owners of the Greycliffe, quoted authorities relating to the duties of the (following vessel, and urged that the master of the Greycliffe was entitled to assume that no vessel would overtake him, while if the Tahiti had given a warning blast, the Greycliffe could have turned to starboard. He emphasised the warning from a following vessel was of outstanding importance. The master of the Greycliffe also was entitled to assume that the harbour regulations, in relation to would be obeyed by other vessels. Dr Brissenden, K.C., for the Union Steamship Coy. owners of the Tahiti, said that in the findings, negligence was admitted with respect to the speed of the Tahiti, hut the doing of a prohibited act was not negligence.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1929, Page 6
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