MARINE COURT VERDICT.
| run ibkss 4ssqcii:i(nj. Dajtnevikkk, .July \3. The decision of the Court ol enquiry into the loss of the oil launch Akitio, with two men, was thaj; the launch, returned from Porangahau to Akitio and anchored outside the Akitio river. """ During the night a storm came up, necessitating the crew putting to sea, The lauuch evidently was swamped ind the men drowned. The Court found that the vessel was seaworthy, but had not a duly qualified master on i)oard, and that the owners wer« not justified in sending the vessel on the voyage to Porangahau. Costs amounting to £8 13s 8d were given against ;he Akitio Totara Sawmilling Co.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8157, 14 July 1906, Page 2
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111MARINE COURT VERDICT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8157, 14 July 1906, Page 2
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