TAHITI INQUIRY

Grey River Argus, 11 September 1930, Page 4

TAHITI INQUIRY

j THE COURT PERSONNEL. $ (Per Pres? Association.) WELLINGTON. September 10. Mr J. Pre'ndervellr will appear fo: i the .Marine Department in the Tahit • '.‘iiqi/ry, Mr C. G. White for| th' 1 nion Coy. Air E. K. Kirkcaldii*. wit): him Air E. Parry. for the Master and Deck Officers. and .Mr I’. Hay 1 tor the Engineers. The Court comi prises Mr H. Page. Magistrate, chairi man; Captain L. C. H. Worrall (onetime master of the MakuTa). an 1 Mr W. Parker. The last-name i i ; a te • tired Mar'ne .Engineer. Warm appreciation was expressed ;of the heroism displayed by the Cap- ? tain, officers and men of the Tahiti. ! by the Governor-General, at the anni j versary meeting of the Sailors' I Friend Society. He was particularly ' struck bv the attitude of Captain i Toten v . who had e.xpres <•>! ;i$ skipper ‘of the boat, an i ppreciat ion, which • all New Zealandeip entertained, of the coolness promptness and courage • with which the crew acted and en 1 deavoured to save not merely the passengers, but also the ship. The Cap- , tain with a modesty worthy of a great | man had stated that they did but do their duty, and that the men whom 1 they were thinking of all the time, and | who 1 really deserved tribute. were , those down in the engine-room, working in the dork, with water rising, not knowing whether it was going to be I possible to save the ship from one half-hour to another.” (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, September 10. The assessor for the Tahiti inquiry, | Mr George Hunter, came to New Zeal land six years ago, and has been for most of that time on the casual staff |of the Railways Department. For a long period he was District Engineer | for the North-eastern Railway. in (charge of the Hull Docks, and during ' that time controlled repairs to some. 37 ships, besides supervising the con- . struction of new ships. He has had considerable experience of Admiralty Court work, chiefly as an expert wit-