WRECK OF A STEAMER.
FINDING OF THE NAUTICAL
COURT
[press association.]
AUCKLAND, Feb. 16. The Nautical Court found that the wreck of the steamer Awarua was not due to unskilful or negligent navigation on the part of the captain or of the seaman who was at the .wheel.
The attention of the Minister for Marine will be drawn to the fact that the master had, when the vessel struck, in accordance with the terms of his-employment surrendered the command to the seaman who was at the wheel on the bridge steering the vessel to the anchorage.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 41, 18 February 1907, Page 3
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96WRECK OF A STEAMER. Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 41, 18 February 1907, Page 3
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