GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 12 July 1912, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

LOSS OF THE STEAMER STANDARD

IK" CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT,

LONDON, July 11. The High Court has decided that the British steamer Standard, posted as lost last year, was over-insured to the extent of £6000. Concealment of the fact voided the policy. The Court refused to accept the allegation that Captain Brand negligently and prematurely abandoned the vessel.