CLAIM FOR TOWAGE
SETTLED pUT OF COURT.
CREW, OF TUG BENEFIT,
WANGANUI, This Day.
The Wanganui Harbour Board’s claim for salvage work done by its tug for the Canterbury Shipping Company’s steamer Gale has been settled out 'Of Court.
The board claimed £SOOO, but Mr Justice Sim, who heard the case, died before delivering judgment. Rather than have the case reheard the parties entered into negotiation, and the company agreed to pay £I2OO, and costs amounting to some hundreds of pounds.
From this sum the board has decided to grant bonuses of £SO to the master of the tug, £25 to the engineer, £l2 to the second officer, and about £S each to the crew of 10,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19281128.2.66
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 28 November 1928, Page 8
Word Count
117CLAIM FOR TOWAGE Northern Advocate, 28 November 1928, Page 8
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in