THE COOK STRAIT INCIDENT.
NAUTICAL INQUIRY TO BE HELD. Wellington, Yesterday. The Minister of Marine has decided that in the interests of public safety, the circumstances attending an occurrence which caused much alarm to passengers on the Picton steamer Tamahine and the Sydney steamer Maunganui m Cook Strait recently when they appeared to be in danger of colliding, shall be investigated at a public inquiry. •He is taking this action under the terms of Section 239 of the Shipping and Seamen Act which enables official inquiries to be held into occurrences which do not cause an actual marine casualty. The Court usually comprises a Magistrate with an assessor, and has power to make an order for payment of costs by any party which it deems blameworthy.
It is alleged by passengers on the Tamahine travelling from Wellington to Picton recently that collision with the Maunganui bound from Wellington to Sydney, was averted by the narrowest of margins. The incident was subsequently subject to an official "inquiry by the Union Company when it was held that a breach of the Company’s regulations had been committed, and masters of both vessels were 1 transferred to cargo steamers.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3758, 23 February 1928, Page 3
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195THE COOK STRAIT INCIDENT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3758, 23 February 1928, Page 3
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