THE KAIPARA MISHAP.
HEAVY DAMAGES TO BE CLAIMED
(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 7.
It is understood that the New Zealand. Shipping Company and the Underwriters will serve notice on the Auckland Harbour Board on Saturday of their intention to institute legal proceedings in connection with tho grounding of the steamer Kaipara in Rangitoto Channel on tho 16th of January last, and that a writ chilining heavy damages may be issued a. month later.
As indicating the extent of the damages likelv to be claimed, it may be mentioned that Mr C. V. Houghton, local agent for the Shipping- Company, stated during the nautical inquiry that the total loss attributable to the casualty wae not less than £125.000.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9159, 8 March 1910, Page 8
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118THE KAIPARA MISHAP. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9159, 8 March 1910, Page 8
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