TAVIUNI-NERA COLLISION.
MARINE COURT FINDING. CAPTAIN OF UNION COMPANY'S VESSEL HELD BLAMEABLE. tt Telegraph -fren AiMelMKjfc.-Ccpyrlghl. SYDNEY, 16th October. The Marine Coucfc has found that (Tie recent collision in the harbour between the Taviuni, of the Union Steam Ship line, and the Messagerie* Maritime steamer Nera, wa« paused by Captain Heighten, master of the Taviuni, failing to keep his steamer on its proper course, Captain Brighton's record ehowed that during the eighteen years lie had been' at aea he had never previously had an accident. Judge Murray, in suspending his cer* tificato for six months from the date of the collision, said the Court was sorry to have to deal with the certificate of a master who had hitherto managed hi» ship without accident.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 93, 17 October 1911, Page 7
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124TAVIUNI-NERA COLLISION. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 93, 17 October 1911, Page 7
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