LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 December 1937, Page 8

LATE MESSAGES

LONDON, December 12.

“The Times’s” Cairo correspondent states that Nessim Pasha, obtaining favourable reports from the foreign doctors, appointed by the Court, secured verdicts declaring he is fit to manage his own affairs, in a suit which lasted some months, in which his relatives sought an interdiction against his intention to marry a younggirl, Hueber.

LONDON, December 12

The “Telegraph’s” Paris correspondent states: Jean Morel, druggist and ex-member of the i Croix De Feu, was arrested at Lyons, in connection with the arms conspiracy, after a search of his premises revealing a machinegun, rifles, other weapons and ammunition;

AUCKLAND, December 13

An addition to his finding- at the inquest on Thursday last, in connection with the naval race tragedy in Auckland was forwaided to the Minister of Justice to-day by the Coroner (Mr Hunt)* It reads: “Since this inquiry closed, the Harbourmaster at Auckland has publicly stated’ he notified H.M.’S. Achilles of this accident, about an'hour earlier than the time stated! by Lieutenant-Commander Lloyd, in his evidence before me. I think this should be inquired into, and if the harbourmaster is correct, an explanation is required for the reasoh : a boat was not sent earlier to t'lie sceen of the accident.”

In a newspaper statement published after the inquest, the harbourmaster (Captain Sergeant) said that he knew as a Tact that the first message of the accident received by the Harbour Board from Mrs Partridge, a resident of Karaka Bay,-and was sent to the Navy at 2.30 p.m., whereas,evidence had been given at the inquest’ that the first message was received by ihe navy at 3.30 p.m. “If that earlier message was sent and received,” said the Coroner, today, “I should think a boat could have been sent to reach the scene of the capsize almost as l soon as Partridge and Tilby got there, and would probably have saved the men in the water. Had I known last Thursday what I learnb subsequ'ently, I would .never have concluded the inquest. Of course, by the Coroners-’' Amendment Act, if fresh evidence is- discovered, the Attorney-General' can apply, to the' Supreme. Court to re-open the inquest, to hear new evidence.”