DEATH OF SEAMAN

Grey River Argus, 10 February 1938, Page 8

DEATH OF SEAMAN

Inquest to be Re-opened AUCKLAND NAVAL DISASTER. [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, February 9- v Approval of an application for the re-opening of the inquest concerning the deaths of three seamen from the cruiser Leaner, who were drownec off Karaka Bay, Auckland Harbour on September 30, when a galley capsized during a race, has been given b) the Attorney-General (Mr. Mason). In the course of a telephone coi. versation in Wellington, this morning the Minister said that the applied tion for the re-opening of the In quiry had been placed before him and. after consideration, he had de elded to give his approval, but th' final decision wbuld have to be givei by the" Supreme Court. All the pap ers, he added, had been sent forwarr When the jnquest was held, the Cor oner (Mr/F. H. Hunt) returned ; verdict of accidental death, but aftei wards he made an addition to h! finding, which he forwarded to th' Under-Secretary of Justice. In add! tion, Mr. Hunt said that since th' inquiry closed, the Auckland Har bourmaster publicly stated that !• notified H.M.S. Achilles of the acci dent, about an hour earlier than thtime stated by Lieutenant-Command er Lloyd, at the inquest. If tin was so. an explanation was requited SUICIDE BY HANGING. WHANGAREI. February 9 That deceased’s action in takini his life was the direct outcome o wounds received and ill-health con traded while serving in the Grea War, was the opinion expressed m the Coroner (Mr. H. C. Hemphill when the inquest into the death o Jegunald Trevor Wells was complet ed. The verdict was that decease* committed suicide while temporarii, mentally deranged, by hanging-