COLLISION AT SYDNEY
HIGH COURT’S FINDING BOTH CREWS TO BLAME (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) MELBOURNE, March 17 The High Court in Admiralty jurisdiction today found that the masters and crews of both the Union Company’s Kairanga and the Empire Star were equally to blame for a collision in Sydney Harbour on the night of March 7, 1940. The owners of the Empire Star, Frederick Leyland and Company, Limited, claimed £25,000 damages, and the Union Steam Ship Company claimed £75,000. The Court found that the Empire Star was on her wrong side and no proper look-out had been kept, while in the case of the Kairanga, which was extensively damaged, there was insufficient look-out at the time of the collision, and, in addition, she had ported her helm too soon. The collision was the outcome of a combination of faults on the two ships. The Court apportioned the damages equally between the owners of the two ships. No order was made on costs.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21373, 18 March 1941, Page 4
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163COLLISION AT SYDNEY Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21373, 18 March 1941, Page 4
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