HARBOUR COLLISION
THE KAKARIKI AND CARADALE CLAM AM CWMTER-CLAIM FM DAMAGES Pros Association—By Telegraph—Copyrifbt MELBOURNE, June 21. (Received June 22, at 8 a.m.) The hearing of the Union Company’s claim for £50,000 in connection with the Kakariki-Caradale collision in Port Phillip on January 29 began in the High Court to-day. The defendants are “ the ship Caradale and her freight cargo.” The defendants counter- ' claimed £25,000. The collision resulted in the sinking of the Kakariki and tht lois of five lives. _ The plaintiff claims that the Kakariki was navigated properly with reregard to safety, and that the Caradale neglected to keep a proper lookput, failed to warn her change of course, and failed to stop or reverse when a collision must have been apparent. The defendants deny «that the collision was caused by, and contributed to, by negligence and improper navigation of the Caradale, and say the collision was caused solely by negligent navigation by the Kakariki, which, Having become the crossing vessel, failed to keep out of the way of the Caradale.
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Evening Star, Issue 22681, 22 June 1937, Page 7
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172HARBOUR COLLISION Evening Star, Issue 22681, 22 June 1937, Page 7
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