THE PENGUIN CLAIMS.
JUDGMENT FOR THE UNION SHIPPING COMPANY.
By Telegraph—Press Association, WELLINGTON, November 2.
Judgment was given by Dr M'Arthur S.M., to-day, in connection with three claims for luggage lost in the wreck of the Penguin. In deciding in favour of the Union Company, the Magistrate held that th 6 meaning of section 293 of the Shipping and Seamen Act was that if a shipowner, by himself or his agents, used due diligence to take a ship seaworthy when she started, he should not be liable for what happened after wards when the ship was at sea, and he had no more control over her.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9639, 3 November 1909, Page 5
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106THE PENGUIN CLAIMS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9639, 3 November 1909, Page 5
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