GREYCLIFFE INQUIRY
ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL FOR PILOT CARSON (Rec. January 5, 11.5 p.m.)
Sydney, January 5
At the Greycliffe inquiry Mr. Evans, counsel for Pilot Carson, in his address to the Court, said because the rules of navigation were being broken by the Svduey ferries, every day the public were exposed to serious risks. Mr. Evans strongly condemned the construction of "the ferry boats, declaring that it was impossible for captains to maintain a proper look-out. He added that during the inquiry Pilot Carson’s reputation had been grossly defamed. The case had been overloaded with prejudice from the start, everybody assuming that the speed of the Tahiti was excessive, “so much so that the propaganda that has been disseminated is extraordinarily difficult to counteract. In fact it has reached throughout the world. It is ridiculous to suppose that Pilot Carson, aided and abetted by Captain Aidwell, would be gniltv of deliberately running down a ship.” The fact was, declared Mr. Evans, that the ferry steamer changed its course, and that was supported by all the exact evidence that had been given in the case. It was the defective equipment of the Greycliffe that was at fault.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 83, 6 January 1928, Page 9
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