THE WAIRUN A-MOON AH COLIISION.
AN EMPHATIC PROTEST.
I (PRX33 ASSOCIATION TET.EGBAM.) AUCKLAND, May 8. The Coastal Masters' Association have unanimously passed a resolution expressing dissemt at the judgment of tho NauticsJ Court in the WairunnMoortaJi enquiry. They, -unhceitatingly, eipcrces the opinion tlfat no on© couJd have done more undor tho circumstamcee .than the mast«r of the Moonah did to avoid a oolMtiion. The reeolution continues as folknve: —"We oonsidor ho hae been harahly dealt with, and bind oursob-ee to do all jre can to assist him in an s.ppeal against tho decision. If "the decieioai ■is to stand, we refuse to accept tho responsrbility of tbe navigation of our vessels. feel inclined to -withdraw from our ehLps until the owners agree to accent the respcr.sibility for the heavy costs that uiny be given against us, as in the case of the Moonih." *
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13111, 9 May 1908, Page 2
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143THE WAIRUNA-MOONAH COLIISION. Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13111, 9 May 1908, Page 2
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