THE ILLFATED RIPPLE.
OFFICER’S WIDOW’S CLAIM. FOR £l5OO DAMAGES. Wellington, Nov. 25J A claim by Maud Ellen Nicholson, widow of the late chief officer of the Ripple which was lost in a storm off Cape Palliser on August 7th, 1924, for £l5OO damages from the owners of the steamer, Richardson and Co., Napier, being heard by Mr Justice Alpers at the Supreme Court. w Plaintiff’s case alleges that the ship went to sea in an unseaworthy condition owing to the way the cargo was stowed and the company did not ascertain tho advice of the Government meteorologist as to the prospects of danger in the storm. The case is proceeding.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 202, 25 November 1925, Page 5
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