The Taiaroa Inquiry Resumed.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION) ' Wellington, Monday. The Taiaroa inquiry was resumed at this afternoon. Grant and niton were thejwo last witoesaes exanything to say as of the wreck, nnd both were the opinion that it was teo dangerous attempt to land on the night of the Williams, the helmsman, told that the mate had ordered him not alter the helm before lie went down called the captain. Had the helm put down, and the engines sent speed astern wheu the danger was she would not hay« gone Bell, addressing the court for the of Customs, urged that the had showed by his own evidence inattention to the course he was Against Ihb conduct aftirbe had nothing to urge. The court then adjourned until Wedmorning, to enable Mr Travnrs speak on the captain's behalf.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1705, 11 May 1886, Page 4
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136The Taiaroa Inquiry Resumed. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1705, 11 May 1886, Page 4
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