LOSS OF THE TAINUI.
AN ECHO IN THE COURT. CHARGES OF NEGLIGENT LOADING. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch,, Last Night. Frederick John Needham, manager of the shipping department of the New Zealand Refrigerating Company, and Claude Smellie, shipping clerk in the employ of the same company, appeared before Mr. McCarthy, S.M., at the Lyttleton Courthouse this morning on a charge that they did by a negligent act, to wit, by loading on board the steamer Tainui, at Lyttelton, certain benzine in leaking receptacles improperly- stowed, thus endanger the safety of the said ship, contrary to a regulation made under the War Regulations Act. Frederick William Partridge, manager of the Vacuum Oil Company, at Christchurch, was charged that he did by a negligent act procure the loading on board the Tainui at Lyttelton of leaking receptacles and improperly stored the same, thus endangering the safety of the ship. The charges were made by the Marine Department. The defendants asked that the cases should be remanded and Captain Marehiel, Government Marine Superintendent at Lyttelton, stated the Department made no objections to the granting of a remand. The Bench consented to a remand sine die.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1920, Page 7
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191LOSS OF THE TAINUI. Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1920, Page 7
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