THE GROUNDING OF THE INVERAN.
THIRD OFFICER'S TICKET '' , , '■.. . .SUSPENDED. [BY TELEGRAPH.PF.ESS ASSOCIATION".]
Wellington,' Tuesday. As the result of the inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Inveran, the Court held that the master of the ship was guilty of an error of judgment in not paying out more cable, and that the third officer, was negligent in not looking after the safety of the ship, especially as he was well acquainted with Wellington Harbour. The third officer ought to have paid out more chain on both anchors, and the chief officer, having come on deck and taken charge of the /paying out of the chain, ought to have given the ship more cable and ought, not to have left the deck before taking steps to ascertain. whether or not the ship had moved her position.; The Court ordered that the certificate of the third officer be suspended for one month. • .Counsel for Captain Marshall pointed out that there was no warning in the "New Zealand Pilot" about Wellington Harbour. The president replied that the Court had not lost sight of that fact. Had there been a,warning the Court might have dealt in a different manner with the present case.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13482, 8 May 1907, Page 7
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199THE GROUNDING OF THE INVERAN. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13482, 8 May 1907, Page 7
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