GREYCLIFFE INQUIRY
EQUIPMENT FOR THE FERRY. COUNSEL SAYS ITS WAS AT FAULT. Sydney, Jan. 5. ,At the Greycliffe inquiry, Mr. Evans, counsel lor the pilot, Captain Larson, in his address to tne court, said that because the rules of navigation were being broken by the Sydney ferries every day the public were exposed to serious risks. Mr. Evans strongly condemned the construction of the ferry boats, declaring that it was impossible for the captains to maintain a proper lookout. He added that during the inquiry Captain Carson’s reputation had been grossly defamed. The case had been overloaded with prejudice from the start, everybody assuming that the speed of the Tahiti was excessive, “so much so that the propaganda that has been disseminated is extraordinarily difficult to counteract ; in fact, it has reached throughout the world. It is ridiculous to suppose that Captain Carson, aided and abetted by Captain Aidwell, would be guilty of deliberately running down the ship.” The fact was. declared Mr. Evans, that the ferry changed its course, and that was supported by all the exact evidence that had been given in the case. It was the defective equipment of the Greycliffe that was at fault.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 21, 6 January 1928, Page 3
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