A CORRECTION.
Sib, — In a paragraph of your issue of to-day, in reference to the case of Hast v. Brown, I am made to say that, " The Cora was perfectly safe at the lower anchorage, and that the worst course for the master to pursue was to come into the inner harbor." Now this does not express correctly what I said, nor what I meant. What I did say was that during westerly winds, when there was no appearance of an easterly gale, she was quite safe, "and at the time she did come in there was no necessity for doing so — not that it was the worst course he could pursue. Captain Russell at the time of the accident told me that he had obtained the consent of all the consignees to come into the Bluff, and I then expressed my opinion to the effect that under the circumstances he" was perfectly right in doing so, especially as he was avoiding the greater risk of going into New Biver. Stress of weather did not necessitate his taking the inner harbor, and not having obtained Hast's consent to the. deviation, he was clearly liable, according to law. — I am, &c, Thos. Thomson. Bluff, 13th Feb., 1872.
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Southland Times, Issue 1538, 16 February 1872, Page 3
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206A CORRECTION. Southland Times, Issue 1538, 16 February 1872, Page 3
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