£50,000 CLAIM

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 146, 22 June 1937, Page 9

£50,000 CLAIM

MARINE COLLISION

KAKARIKI AND CARADALE

(Received June 22, 9.30 a.m.)

SYDNEY, This Day,

The hearing of the Union Steam Ship Company's claim for £50,000 in connection with the collision in which the steamers Kakariki and Caradale were involved at Port Philip on January 29, began in the High Court, yesterday. The defendants are "the ship Caradale and her freight and cargo."

The defendants counter-claimed for £25,000.

The collision resulted in the sinking of the Kakariki with the loss of five lives.

The plaintiff claims that the Kakariki was navigated properly with regard for her safety, that the Caradale neglected to keep a proper look-out, failed to give warning of a change in her course, and failed to stop or reverse when a collision must have been apparent. The defendants deny that the collision was caused by negligence' to which they contributed and by improper navigation of the Caradale, and say that the collision was caused solely by the negligent navigation of the Kakariki, which, having t>ecome a crossing vessel, failed to keep out of the way of the Caradale.