PORT OF GREY.
HIGH WATER. i This Day.— 3 48 a.m. ; 4.24; pirn. To-Morrow — 5.6 a.m. ; 5.48 p.m. ARRIVBDj, ,„„__ .„„,......„ r : """""October 16— Nil. SAILED.' i October,. 16.— Maori, ....5.5., -118 -tonsj "Connor, for Wellington. Kennedy Bros., agents. ; ■' Waipara, -s.s., 70 tons, Bignell, for ■riHokitika.j' • Girdwood and Co., agents. ; VESSELS IN PORT. ' ''■' 1, tug steamer j ■ ."' Anfchbns, from Timara •'■;;' u Eliza Firth, from Napier • j i i ' ' ' ■ ■;- i' • T \ ■' ■"■ b.b. Maori sailed yesterday rafternoon, for Wellington with a number jof ',' /passengers and a full cargo of coal., , , | <-o -j. Thes.g. Waipara returned to, Hokitika yeste day. leaving here in the morning. ; The s.s. Oreti- arrived at Onehunga yesterday, i . r /The Anthons and Eliza Firth will leave - to-day for their respective destinations. : I .', The' Standard has published i a long summary of the evidence taken be- <' fore the Royal Commission on loss of life .'.-iiat.Sfl.l. The'case for the shipowners is mcc .complete, and will be continued when the Commission resumes its labors. 'The JKrßofcrd of Trade' contend that the loss of life at sea is excessive and increasing ; ; that v-;thb'lo'ss is ta a great extent preventable ; that over-insurance is a common' practice ; that .'undermahning is also common ; that the criminal law has failed to prevent — owners fromsendinguuseaworthy ships to . ?Bea ; : that the powers 1 of detention conferred by the Act of 1876 on the Board of t nTrade'have failed ; that the power Of oyer--Jjiißjnrance arid freedom from responsibility "Jmainly contributes to the loss of life ;. and ... that the system' of wreck inquiries has not aaaltogether succeded, and requires amendtamdnt.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5322, 17 October 1885, Page 2
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