MARINE INQUIRY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 26 February 1909, Page 4

MARINE INQUIRY.

MARINE INQUIRY. [United Pkess Association.] DUNEDIX, Thursday. A marine inquiry wns cnimnencptj today before Mr Keiuick, S.M., with Cap- | tains Sunsstrum and Forbes, nautical assessors, to investigate the circumstances attending a collision between the oil launch Maheno and the steamer Matarika, ui the Otago harbour on January 28th The proceedings were instituted by tlie Collector of Customs, whoso application for an inquiry pet forth that . the cause of the casualty as far as he had ascertained was that the person in charge <if h.°r. was guilty of negligence m navigating his .ship at tiie time, of the. collision, hy which the Maheno sustained material damage. The Collector of C!ustoins said the Government did not consider the damage to t he vessol as a very material point, but regarded it n( extreme importance that safety of lilo should not he jeopardised. The captain nf th • Maheno il.ouis Matliiesmi) and the steersman (Wm. Tiios. .Wish) gave evidence It appeared that on the day in question both boats, were due to leave Diinvilin about 10 o'clock. The .Maliono cast oil' a minute, or. (wo liefore the Matariki, wliich was nearer Hie entrance basin, and niove;! om at right angles froiji lh.> wharf in oriler to Inrn round. The Mahoio aNo swung out into the basin, and the Maheno's starboard engine f;iiled at a ciitical moment, and a collision between the | two boats occurred. The inquiry, will be continued to-morrow, Bickn«ss causes a loss of both time ncd money. Yon lose the time and have tht expense of medicai attendance, entailing a double loss. This can be avoided by using some reliabTe remedy at Ih* first stage o{ the sickness. The purchase of a hottls of Okamberlain's Colic, Cho ler3, and Diarrhoea Remedy often proves a profitable investment, for, bj its use a* the first appearance, any unusual looseness of the bowels, a severe att4ck of dysentery m^y bo aborted, tha^ might otherwise compel a weeks'? cessation from labour. Ev^ry household should have a bottle at hand. It never fails and is pleasant to tsko. Qut it today. U may save s Hi«. For sale Is ?. Drove and Son.'