DOMINION NEWS
PA KURA’S MISHAP NO MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY ' NECESSARY < Press Association.’ WELLINGTON. Nov. 18. No magisterial inquiry is to bn held into the mishap to the Pakura at Tora landing on November 7. It is understood that the evidence tendered at the preliminary inquiry by the Marine Department shows that there was no suggestion of-negligence on tho part of anyone concerned, and no lives were at any. time endangered. It is recognised that ships working such places as, Tora landing are running a, risk, ond the general opinion is that the rock on which the Pakura struck must have been .missed v<yry narrowly, on many previous occasions. DOMINION BOY SCOUTS FINANCE : LEVY OF ONE SHILLING ON EACH BOY fPresa Association 4 CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 18 At the annual meeting of the Dominion Council of the Boy Scouts’ Association held to-day, Colonel Fenwick, Dominion Chief Commissioner, referring to the , finances of the association, said they wore in a very low way, and some stops would have to ho taken to stave off the inevitable bankruptcy. After discussion, it was decided that , a levy of ono shilling be imposed on all Scouts for the. puiqpos o of * Dominion, headquarters:; A proposal to reintroduce the markman’s badges for -Scouts was defeated after, discussion.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11491, 19 November 1931, Page 7
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