Merchantmen Air Second Grievance
ASSESSOR’S QUALIFICATIONS SHOULD BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED' IN SEA LIFE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. At a general meeting of the Wellington Merchant Service Guild held today, the finding of the Nautical Court of Inquiry, touching the Manuka wreck, was again discussed and the following resolution was carried: “This large and representative meeting of members of the Merchant Service Guild, held on January 17, 1930, strongly protests against an assessor holding such a position if he has been away from active sea life more than five years. Thero are members of the profession actively employed who would sit on such cases and who are more conversant with present-day conditions. Assessors should be men who have had experience in* the class of vessel and trade that is under discussion. We would point out that naval officers in the caso of a court-martial, are tried by their own brother officers actively engaged at sea.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7120, 18 January 1930, Page 6
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