THE BAILIFFS IN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 113, 28 September 1912, Page 5

THE BAILIFFS IN.

AN INTERESTING INCIDENT. By Telegraph.—'Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. An interesting incident occurred on the dismasted barquentinc Wanganui, alongside (lie Pipiti wharf to-day, when the Coastal Steamship Company served a writ on the vessel and her cargo, on account of salvage services rendered by the Arapawa when she towed the harqueutine into port .last Sunday. The writ on the vessel was solemnly nailed on the mainmast by a representative of the Coastal Company, and he also nailed a writ on a plank of the vessel's timber cargo. The captain of the Wanganui was ashore at the time, but a handful of spectators on the wharf and the crew witnessed the deed. The Coastal Steamship Company's action was, however, solely by friendly arrangement with Messrs. Ha trick & Co., owners of the Wanganui, in order to obtain an equitable adjustment by the Admiralty Court, which will sit in Wellington and will be presided over by a Supreme Court Judge. The cargo of the vessel alone is estimated to bje worth over £50,000.