THE WRECK OF THE MURATAI.
AUCKLAND, June 12. The enquiry into the wreck of the Miiritai opened to-day. Mr Mays, solicitor for the Customs, said that the course of enquiry would be directed to the course followed by the boat from Piercy Point, forty miles northwards, to the scene of the wreck. The course directed here to clear the Hen and Chickens by four miles. The second mate on the bridge was oirected to call the captain in the event of the weather thickening. The evidence showed that although sie weather was so dense that the island could not ba seen at a distance of 25 feet the second officer only culled the caprain at the moment when the vessel struck. The captain gave evidence to this effect, and stated that he refused to give the second officer his discharge after the wreck because be considered he had committed an act of disobedience.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9114, 13 June 1908, Page 5
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153THE WRECK OF THE MURATAI. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9114, 13 June 1908, Page 5
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