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- THE TOGER-PKLYT SYSTEM. By Cable,—PreM AMoclatioa.-Oopyrifi* . Melbourne, December 11, During the hcarinn of a cue in the Cinmnar Court in svhich the pioteeution relied on finger-prints, the Chief .'usticc advised £ue ;ury to be very careful about accepting finger-print evidence. Jne tp;mon t».v, no two flngurs touli make let tame iniprasji n wm noi accepted as a scientific fact. Unless other evidence supported, he coniidered priats wero doubtful evidence for a conviction, lno accused was acquitted. THE OURIMBAH EtfQUmY. . Sydney, December 11. Advices from the Cape state that lie certificate of the captain of the wrecked steamer Ourimbah has been suspended for three months.
[The Ourimbah, which was a new vessel owned by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company of New South Wales, went ashore on the coast of Cape Colony, near Port Elizabeth, reoentfv. She was bound from London to Sydney at the time of the accident.]
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 263, 13 December 1909, Page 2
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