STRANDING OF THE MARAROA.
FINDING OF THE COURT. C V'TAIN'S KltUO'K OF .IUIMOIivNT, [ptU PAJiaa ASSOCIATION.] This Day. Tho Magisterial inquiry into |'li,. .stranding ol' the Marnrua rmirlmlod !o day- The (our! i'ouinl Dial (li;. mishap Wii« due to mi linoxpes tod easterly set and dense fog, w iiiidi prevented ('a plain Hoill from aseortaiuing hi* position will) niiv ol eortainiy.
In tho opinion of the Court, ilio stranding' was contributed Io by an error of on llie* part oi' tho captain in failing to stop the ship at 8 a.m. under the weather conditions then prevailing. The captain should have allowed himself time to obtain sonic accurate sounding's, and in thai way take all reasonable precaul ions to avoid strandingThe mislnu) was not due to any default on the part of the other officers or of the crew, The captain's certificate was roiurncd. but he was ordered to payhalf the costs of the ini|iiiry-
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1917, Page 7
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