Defying Navigation Orders.
The Captain of the Lord Antrim Fined
(ttecuived 29, 9.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 29. Captain Cordiner, master of the ship Lord Antrim, has been committed for trial on a charge of proceeding to sea in defiance of a detention order, because the life saving appliances an the .steamer were, defective. The Inspector of Navigation ■deposed that out of fifty lift- belts aboard only fifuvn of the number were serviceable. On ttl ch of two further charges for proctwliu- to sea without a pilot and going with defective life belt appliances Caplaii Cordaier was fined £10 and cosl^ (Received HO, 10.53 p.m •)■ ' , t . SYDNEY, Oct. 30. i-aptam Cordiner was lined £ioo lor leaving port with 'defective liiVsaymg appliances in dclianco of « detention ardor. The jud^ said that some shipmasters seemed "to come to Sydney thinking ,j K .y could- Ovfy the aw. N O Mlatter how f - - wght think «mr laws they comply wit» thorn and must"* taught, to conform to them.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 4871, 31 October 1906, Page 3
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164Defying Navigation Orders. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 4871, 31 October 1906, Page 3
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