THE PENGUIN AND DUCO.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, Issue LVII, 15 March 1910, Page 5

THE PENGUIN AND DUCO.

CLAIMS AGAINST THE OWNERS.

LIABILITY ADMITTED.

[FEESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON, March 15. At the Arbitration Court several cases arising out of the loss of the Penguin and the Duco were dealt with, and in each instance liability was admitted by the shipowners. Mrs Abram. whose husband was master of the Duco, was awarded £500 against the Wellington Harbor Ferries Company. In the cases against the Union Company with respect to the wreck of the Penguin, orders were made as follows: Mary Hayes, awarded £405; Mrs Loosemore, widow of an officer, awarded £100, the Public Trustee to administer the residue of the estate for the benefit of her posthumous child; Mrs F. Driscoll,., awarded £207, on account of the death of her son, one of the officers. In the case of W. S. Rentoul, engineer, the Court ordered the payment of £135, to be administered by the Public Trustee for the benefit of his relatives.