THE ANCHOR WATCH
THE niMITANGI CASE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Tuesday. Judgment was given to-day in the Magistrate's Court case in which Captain Cowan, of the Himitangi, failed to keep an anchor watch when the vessel went ashore at the Chathams, contrary to regulation 8 of the General Harbor Regulations. A fireman wa.s on watch, but the Marine Department contended that he was not a seaman. The defence was that it had been the custom for some years for small steamers for firemen to take the anchor watch instead of a deck hand. His Worship said that he thought the word '•'seaman" in the regulation meant an A.B. or ordinary seaman, as opposed to a fireman. Defendant was convicted, but as lie followed a practice which had existed for some years only a nominal penalty was inflicted. He was fined is and costs £1 Bs.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 92, 4 September 1912, Page 5
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145THE ANCHOR WATCH Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 92, 4 September 1912, Page 5
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