THE OHAU ENQUIRY.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10886, 1 July 1899, Page 7

THE OHAU ENQUIRY.

•■ «, ' I THE, JUDGMENT. ' (PBESS ASSOCIATION TEXJEGKAM.) T WELLINGTON, June 30. f The s u dgment in the Oban enquiry was given this morning, .to the' effect tfhat j there was no evidence to show where or bow 3 the vessel was lost, and that she waa well . found and not overladen. _-,* s The G______i_sionerß cay that the evidona fc went to show that the vessel left with a caxgc r under the legal limit. She was a- first-class, 1 strong, well-found, and..well-built Map, and t the load line was correctly marked on the s side. There was evidence to show (that it 1 would have been more prudent if the master -had iakeja ___elte-V ioiitead of facing audi a gale. Thtafc was one matter that came out in tbe enquiry which, it -would be then duty to bring under the notice of the Minuter. The Ohau, and similar vessels trad- . mg inJSfew;.Zealand, nave certificates isthem, making -a difference betweer ihjs summer -and winter load lines. Tbt are, as a rule, not marked on Mas. ""■ veft-C-s* side, because, as tha standi 6 in New Zealand, they cannot be enforced . This made no difference ,to tho Obau on hei j last voyage, as she had a. greater freehoarc J than was required by tbe winter line. ;