LINER AND CHART.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 6

LINER AND CHART.

kaipara Inquiry.

A FIN'JING IN PLAIN WORDS

PEOMISED BY THE COURT (By leicsraph —Prcca As'ocia'ior )

*:S w-y''S-;i ; :i^Mcktanoy : f Kj*:;?;j-Thc"jiautical;{eoiirtvof ; .Inquiry■ into the g^ltrauding : ;.of ■■■ the < ;^;sv;.. : ]Caipa'ra :; in :!Bangi-;:Si;Atotft>Channel^ou::;jani!arv'/-iUccsiitiiiucd

sj:v:-"r"_thiV:af;tefjfeoii^'-Xe:': wlib appeared Captain ■ ConiVall' 'and; the.'. New!. Zeapresenter!:.to the;

;s<ifeCourt;the ;Gaptain; 3;.' before '.■>.>.! :-Vft;B;. : Sfc(stated;tthatsie;:hadi:been Vat sea'.-for/.:37. .i^v^years^'and'hiid: lipid' a' Master'§:.ce"rtifiMte -years. JjHe : was" master , :qf:tlie»NeV ;

?pA Zealand.,(Shippinfe-.<Company's v. Waimate , Oh:,that;:date ■ ;fJsmembered leaviiigjAiicklaudJand.,cnsting ; i ,y, off^'lr'bm'; theSwhnrf: shortly^;:after;;: lioon,-' A";:l>ith : .Captaiii'jDudw/ theHiirbourmasterj

;-3-'rv"in ; ;c}iarge/-7; When- the : >hip .was: in .-.tho VK/>;iaiTO'«y^^inting.,''(lo-iifn-Uhfr! ; Va r h.our.':-shc' B';;:/:,;was,stopped;: left her. &■'s: Before .leavingi-thV. ; 'br;idge.;the ;Harbour;g;!j!niaster;;;sMok::hands:;with:rtwitness:'and ;*'A. ! ;,: wished '.pleasant-vbya'ge,':v'o.t':;tho, ivySsambvotimo.i^saying':jv"l :•wouldv ■'■ take ■vW'Kw^Hon:v.gmpß^:dowi..';jit.-5E ,: -ysM

v' -. ;'P : £" syWiJ:n'ess' ; at r once -pliVced; his:; hind: on :ir•'^•i■■..HarlMurm'asti^fs;'■arllrl,!■" : :and : .' t '.Bske(l ■: Hini: •SC ts.vt, wa's''iiot there, ":ns;;:if'there:was riot 'a s'uffi- i /Syr.hours/tiu .theJtlde; flowed.CThe,Harhbui>. ssA■4master^ : ft:;-.;Tthan:v32ft...if:j'o"n .keep vtwpvcaßles- off. the ?''«::;l)est;;to;l)e::cautious tit-: dead 'low. ''water ;a ; ";;'Bpririg:;tides > iu;.anjr; harbour:'V;;! ; : ':"i ':•■& .l S%^^v''A't';i;2()..-p;uiC i^fccss-:xiroeeeded.: .-,do'wn -j.;i'v : theWharbour; 'tiir^past;-Deybnport, 'v and. :g::l; then^,;slowed idowriir^with: I ?'the |^Kmas'ter'? ; in'*.the-;chains , the , ':, lead. i"K';:""l..hayp'no;feason ;--..;.';•,my iUsual.course'.;down 'the..harbour)s.as. on'.. the'.:'.chart,"- ; bbntinhed Captain }^vr;--'syTOdi^-'Jn\ i hisVs(iteni'ent.^"That'-isi'"l : f:#;'eteered -tiU'c'thoHy.;; flagstaff-.was .bearing; .'north',, and: then ..for 3':v;;-'i'Bteri'; :^^"'-fiU-^thdi-"easteri? ','fedg_e'iof.'' i the 1 : '&o.h;North Hea:d.;was r '■:•;■-:? iqtp;.peak."until ■ Bean'-Epck! was' bearing E.T* pn::this.Voccasioh, : :l';'did > Vnot, Jg vs .starboard' '.until ; 'it :,was ;• on , ; the Rearing;' rVSJiaying'-.'■ in'.fmind. '' ; i*p;:'vcaution.i ■;At'; I.29,Vwith;-the. ship's V head : Sj.;S.-,Dbrth;..:f. the •.;;; Waimate v■ touched.-;'.rathch |- : .;;S/!heayily;aft; andfheeled :over.':six>',or.seven ; r^Mdegrees. J'.A'fcas't:of;the:lead/just lieforb: S/&;and/: : directly ; I i£-. - j.i.stop'ped;. : at;.onb9 whenSthe.ship.'tbuched'/' S^tßa^;.on;;;Jnly. ; SSsihis-'.sailing)' he .had. harbour-

v,Viriiiaster|,at;-.his> office;''^^andlasked'him-wher '■y;ii... ehpa-led'.any;further .dnt.V-, >.^ i i^Bli^:ym-S'tlle- ; niegatiTC|..biit''aUded;.'thal' i 'not; ■ quite ?sb --much 'water: off. v'^'.V-'the'.-Bough'B6ck:'bu6y.viis;was.'showii > bvthe, ; r;vCaptainHDuders'also i: marked.:on;

■Si'ivSTritness's chait v ,th^exact; positipn.'.'and.ail- : , •?'f%sVi^U , "Mnv;.th'a^Vifv-ha^pa&ed , -''^b I .nßables' f#:#,off ithe : buoy; s he -would. get >no'- less than 32 feet^pf Witliess>asked ; ;wliy-the' '■^M tuoy^'Was '.-apt' "sHifted/f urtheribut.tb.inark: edge ;o'f ? tKe;"deep^rater,.'aMi ; thejreply would,be'in. the : wayrbf,cr!fft ;- : ;isi !beating;,ih: and put; "The chart. now : '.iii is'-a ') liter; ;Kg ; 'S£ve:;fathomi;line!. contour < didy i, to*:(iβ'^^twaTdl'^■ith&Vpnβi' ,loW '.■™ s?itc;irnseAahd was- of vigg ;,Yfasi;a: good; .cable, further.-west;:■; vy,V:>> '•'.■_ =5 jcW t C a P%i "/■ f" r ? t '? c K ''9",' M c klahds'H arb or u.; s.i:/sV.'L ? K^^^

jf'TiyS'-! ; 'i' (o^July:'te ;inlthe.nest year)ihe : called;;.'. ? p:?oKth^;harbpurniaster^:ahd. : askedsliim '•B%}-&i- -M ! ,he''had', had;any.jepprt of th.e.jWai-;:. s V^t'ij'.'Channel/J^Caprajn.iPuder.'regUcdithat:'* fc^- : !i'-Ve''ie^rt ; ':had\-.b.eenV ; receiyed,yand-;an 1 4j jg^W^e^iißAtibh^ma^^ahdyno'Sho^-Sater^ 1 ; s-ffttS'-jiwa^yfoundr'sb'th'^'i^p Sl-y;i.;have,\'^^^ v&'Sp "Ifewas ; said .in;such:a'Way ) j ".:cpncluded iv-: i/^V-MS = Captai]Hti'ors'dick/j''that; I doubtedi'if ',?; f':V&?S;any|'spun,dirig;'hadrbeen'taken;-. and: : l ; ;''i wpuld'Jnever.y-1 §^^:ileayeproente^Aucldand'harbbOT fjis^g^itlbw'water^whenanywhere^nearjtliat;.^ day;.'., 'ffita¥ ! lvremember."^.,V;;:- ;: :U::'(y; , ;;f'.'''; S&l?! that : '. the' chart':

iftjS.; (narked : : hj. r: 'Captdiii ; Forsdick-was almost" tf-'fiZi* ideiiticair.with \\ Gnptaiii t io:'n;C6TiiwailV : :vWhbny.the;Waimate!-'weiit'qut

ftS&ij of ■: in-' Jiily, 1904; ishVinvist 1 ; 'yjSsViliave.Jpiissed);over!-"practically,;the; 's>am<>' i>s' ; :v;{.■:;Jlr./.Ctittcr:•• Yes,land.sKeV was| drawing' •^ : s'|lw37TOterJtiian:th9;Kaipartt4 r £i goqd.(lcar

■C6iinsel;.,then* addressed;: -tie;; Ccbrfcyv He

|gbS';riated ; [.t)iat ?'the ;'siip\ved : :: Hiat. ;|-1?-'i?f.onef ;of.- the ■/safest?. iri'.the- \y6rld-rhad\ cori-. S;i£v:i:tained ,'a ihidden.' danger ;in;_the; natureVof •> [?-S'sVian^uhctetcd";Sliciar'iii ; ;tli&-faiiway.-;The\ 3 ? jCapteinv .Obinyrall;* ■ i-was in 6 ;: ground: (i ! "i fsj-i 'in. aiiyi ihj qred."at. tKeiTailwayj wharf, S,lijy; ; /and;the'suggestion .■.thatitfieyist'had Von-. £j3',;i:Jtribxited..to ; the 'accident yr&Ziibeei .{practically;. abandoiied.v'sincdßj; therej p'ife'? , :was-siiot"r.a:single(.lritness whbVhattVgdno .theibqx••arid -said ithat' the'list; had ffelS'i-'lirtiliMi,iiyim'6je:'fe'vtto'^mtb. J |the r, ; 'ifith^yßteamer/.U'ad , p;SS- "caigo':.'tb";.'put' ; lier ;anothe:,':J't.;inches,'into |^ { » , Spro^/-tt»tr.thj/jß&al;jii v .theViairway-;.o ; as ithe'-chart ii : S/V^-::"*--> ; ' ' " •'■

Ship's List Not. The Cause Mr. Kettle hare remarked ■ that there

ViW-■ : '*aa:'ri6' ; iLeed'for■ Mr."-Cotter■ to hieil fur-■ fcsp£;ihervjnUi'?tiia{ : -point,^ : tlie Gourt',-was; satisfied : list;;did.';'nofc;c6ntrißute: fJ:vSS r '.to : .tKd!acddeat.>i; ''i:'rr-^ui'i-'*v-'.'''i'V''''^'V'.- ;! i>'.': &# : .' J i-- .Cotter \ said i that. there! S-fiiifSSGaptain ;Cornwall's factions;;liad:'iii : any j:;Si-S: way t teen ; , "culpable, v K>The ';> captain; = and; of in'his |:sAs; ; :proper place, y,;Tke-skip'left, the'.wharf , f. : irithSthe and 'the deputy.; harbourmaster,"'and :^to',i-:,pftev,' ; jtist ,'as. if ;Gaptam' Cornwall..Tiad vi'vi! J '.tad , .&• CBrtificate ; .f rqnt tho ■.Harbour -Board • b'S''. Officers' that>it ! i«ras'.-;'safe':!for.. him';;tb , p"ro-\ liJi'.i' ':'■ "ceed -to Isea: ■'. Id ,'conolußion;. he; 'strdngly, |Vi ; W- condeniied ,we;' official/'cka'rt '•■ which/ in Kr;-;'-:.bis.. opinion,, .had 'proved entirely.'; misf J ?S;;■■;leading;'■ and-a ■ grave, source ,'of:: danger to. ■■r,i v^i '-:-:- :: - :--"' ;^' V^-.»:'■ i-x , p'£ ■;■■ v.v , Mr.'Eidinge,.speaking r on;bebalf. of-the pK;-Minister for/Marine^eiid.,that; the' eyi-' fi'iy; ';'dente v had:,fully '.andl carefnlly,':traversed■ ißvJ'/ all the.r grounds.; necessary^ ; to.;..the'vin-' p;?/?v , : , jniry,\and,(£evUie'refore. l , conadered''itnat'f'■:■*'-. J: any', comments;.fronv.Mm!,upon' such' vevilijtf^ilenceiwas,';quite'unnecessary: :■'■'.■ ■'.".■; ';? : fcfc-'JAtThe ~ Court /reserved , its r decision : till Satoday..-morning,''-Mr.-..Kettle. ;statini: £ji- •; ;< that .-hej did not; think 'that \ there' >vould ■ ' ; ?; : i.".'be,-a'ny.'differ'encb'of' opinion' on ,th.e ,part , theS'Coui't; as;; to,; the ; result,; • brit s .it put 'it-, ih.rsuoU language -, as ■fj-v l : ;r r- : .»ould- , i'not:-.be-,njisjin(lcrstpodi.'.''' : •'.:■ -. :.v