PLIMSOLL LINE.
OVERLOADED VESSEL. SEA CAPTAIN CHARGED. PREVIOUS WARNING NEGLECTED. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Nov. 27. A case, said to be the first of its kind in New Zealand, involving international shipping law, came before the Magistrate’s Court, when Captain Hutchens, master of the American oil tanker Shreveport, was charged with arriving here with the Plimsoll mark submerged. According to the evidence he had been warned on a previous visit, but took no notice. The mark was submerged nearly eighteen inches. For the defence it was claimed that a foreign ship did not come under the jurisdiction of this country, and there was no offence to answer. Another point taken was that while the vessel might be amenable to New Zealand law when actually in port, it was no offence to arrive laden below the mark. Upon counsel giving an assurance that the agents would pay the fine, if one were imposed, as th e shin sails to-day, judgment was reserved."
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 November 1924, Page 7
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161PLIMSOLL LINE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 November 1924, Page 7
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