NEGLIGENCE FOUND.
MARINE COLLISION. Per Press Association. NAPIER, April 19. Negligence on the part ol the master ol tlie Koutunui (Captain A. McNab) was found by the Marine Court of Inquiry to have been the cause of tho collision in the Napier roadstead on the night of January 31 between the Koutunui and the Miro. The Court, comprising Mr J. Millar, S.M.', and Captains H. Worrall and G. Williamson. delivered the finding to-day. The Court held that the anchorage occupied by the master of the Miro (Captain M. Monaghan) was justified and also held that the master of the Koutunui was negligent in failing to remember lie had passed the Miro on the way out to the roadstead. The Court lield that the cause of the collision was that, in view of the presence of the Miro, the master of tho Koutunui was negligent in failing to keep a proper look-out, namely, an extra hand, at the bow, and he himself failed to keep a proper look-out. No order was made regarding the master’s certificate or costs.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 121, 20 April 1940, Page 8
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177NEGLIGENCE FOUND. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 121, 20 April 1940, Page 8
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