THE STRANDING OF THE PENGUIN.
i'b? telegraph.—PßESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Tuesday. Dp.. McArthtjk, S.M., sitting With Captains Waddilove arid Smith, as assessors, held an inquiry to-day into the circumstances
under which the Union Company's steamer Penguin grounded off Waihi Point, Jackson's Head, on th!e night of February 26. The Court found that the mishap was due to a dense fog enveloping the ship at a critical moment, acquitted the captain and officers of any blame, and considered that their conduct after the mishap was worthy of all praise. _ _ ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12210, 4 March 1903, Page 5
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