THE NIWARU ACCIDENT.
[BT TELEGRAPH — TOESS ASSOCIATION] NAPIER, Btb September. At the Supremo Court to-day the hearing of the civil action, Napier Harbour Board v. The Tyeer Shipping Company, Limited, was continued. The defence to the clahn was threefold — viz., (1) Thas Uie Niwaru being a ship in disteess, waa entitled to the pilot's assistance without payment other than the pilotage fee; (2) that the vessel was entitled to be removed from place to place in the harbour without special fee ; (3) that even jf the services were chargeable under ordinary conditions the Board, being negligently ignorant of the harbour, contributed to the circumstances, and ./as therefore nofc entitled to sue for the services rendered, Judgment was reserved.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 61, 9 September 1904, Page 2
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118THE NIWARU ACCIDENT. Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 61, 9 September 1904, Page 2
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