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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2341, 17 September 1880, Page 3

The natives on the plains have changed their tactics. On the principal of He who fights and runs away Will live to fight another day, they are continuing their game of fencing across the roads, but they no longer wait to be captured. The Harbor Master at Lyttelton would appear to he of opinion that the lives of seamen are not of very great importance. In rejrly to enquiries as to the employment of nettings under the gangways of vessels in port for the prevention of fatal accidents, he reports:—To use netting in the Port of Lyttelton is impracticable, on account of the great rise and fall of the tide, and the slight range experienced at times. I may add that nettings are not used or compulsory in any port in New Zealand. Steamers use them at times when discharging cargo, such as tea and small packages that are liable to accident by slinging. The regulations re gangways arc strictly enforced, and many masters of vessels complain to me against the rule. They state that in no other port in the colonies are they put to the expense and so strictly looked after as they are in this port.