SALVAGE OF A BARQUENTINE.
* A WANGANUI CASE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Wanganui, June 27. His Honour Mr. .Tusticc Sim to-day delivered judgment in a claim by tho Wanganui Freezing Company against A. Hat rick awl .las. White, owners of the baniuentine Alexa. PlainlilTs are owners of tho lighter Thistle, and claimed .£250 for services rendered in salvage of the barfiuonline. The Alexa ran aground on tho south spit on December 12, 1910. Tho plaintiffs claimed that tho Thistle and Harbour Board's tug Togo assisted in getting the vessel off and in keeping lier from bumping into the breakwater. IMemlant contended that it was tho Alexa's own gear which pulled the vessel oIT, but his Honour considered that services rendered, if only in keeping ilie vessel (dear ot tho mole, were of some value in jailing operations. ' On consideration of value of the vessel, he thought >£25(1 was a reasonable sum for the services of the Thistle and Togo, treating .CTo of this as having been earned by the Togo. That left ,C 175 as the sum to be paid for the services of the Thistle. Cosl.s were against the defendant.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1165, 28 June 1911, Page 6
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189SALVAGE OF A BARQUENTINE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1165, 28 June 1911, Page 6
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