THE ELINGAMITE’S CAPTAIN.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 93, 1 April 1911, Page 5

THE ELINGAMITE’S CAPTAIN.

lx its comment on the recent dis-' covery that the Three Kings are wrongly charted, the Sydney Ship ) ping List says that with regard to, the wreck of the Elingamite. that' after the inquiry ‘‘Nobody believ-; ed for a moment that the young j commander had found the true po ■ sition of the Three Kings, even at i the cost of life and the loss of a new vessel, and at one blow his ! whole career was blasted. Now, s after eight years he has been prov- j ed not guilty, and since the disclosure the sympathy of hundreds | has gone out to him. That colleagues should see reason for ap*| peal is but natural, anc' t his! name should be cleared «.• thej stigma resting on it is but justice, j The finding of the Nautical Court j did not mention the Three Kings, | referring solely to excessive I speed, thus making it more difficult now for the captain to. obtain redress. But had the islands been properly chartered there would have been no wreck at all, and nothing heard of the matter in any way, as it is even now an open question in every trade of the world whether fogs should necessitate a reduction of speed when in the open sea, and the captain of the Elingamiteon this eventful trip, which has meant so much anxiety to him, was perfectly right in doing as he did on that occasion. Representations have already been made to the authorities regarding the case, but so far nothing has been heard in reply. Let us hope that the delay is but temporary, and that the captain will soon have reason to state, “Justice is by no means a thing of the past.”