CAPTAIN TO PAY COSTS
STRANDING OF INVERCARGILL “LACK OF DUE CARE’’ Press Assocuztion WELLINGTON. To-day. The decision of the Nautical Court in regard to the stranding of the Invercargill was given to-day. The Court stated: "Having regard to the thick weather prevailing, and the fact that the vessel was approaehirc a dangerous shore, the line of which was gradually converging on to the course of the ship, and that no land o - light had been sighted, and to the fact that currents in or near Cook Strait are known to be erratic, we .u ■ of opinion that the master. Captain Smith, showed some lack of due c ue in not streaming his log. and in no* taking a. sounding or soundings These combined precautions, if taken, would probably have avoided the grounding \Ve make an order that the master pay £5 5s toward the costs of the inquiry.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 563, 16 January 1929, Page 11
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