UNSTAMPED GEAR.
MASTER MARINER FINED. (F&SSS i-dSOCIATIOM TBLIGEUM.i DUNEDIN, September 26. "rtie hearing was resumed in the Magistrate's Court to-day of the charge against George Victor Harris, master of the City of Lincoln, who was prosecuted as a result of an accident which occurred to three watersiders when the ship was being unloaded at Wellington on September 16th. The charge was of placing a load of three tons on a hook whose safe working load was 15cwt. Defendant said the ship provided gear suitable for the discharge of any eargo, and before this case was unloaded those working it should have gone to the ship's officer for gear. The chief officer said the gear was rigged at the stevedore's request, the permanent gear being too slow for light cargo. Witness had given instructions that no more than two cases of tobacco should be lifted with the gear. The Magistrate said the master must be absolved in regard to lifting too heavy a weight, but he mnst be convicted of the minor breach in using unstamped gear. H« was fined £ 2 and costs. Witnessed expenses were disallowed because the case should have been heard in Wellington.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19735, 27 September 1929, Page 17
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195UNSTAMPED GEAR. Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19735, 27 September 1929, Page 17
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