THE HARBOUR COLLISION
INQUIRY OPENED. An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the steamer Wairuna and the scow Moonah in the Auckland Harbour on the night of March. 10 was opened before Mr. G. C. Kettle, S.M., who had with him Captains J. Adamson and G. McKenzie, as assessors, in the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning. Mr. Selwyn Mays appeared for the Marine Department, 'Mr. R. McVeagh for the Union Steam Ship Company (owners of the Wairuna), and Mr. M. G. McGregor for the captain of the Moonah, which vessel is owned by the Northern Coal Company. • Mr. Mays, in applying for an adjournment, stated that the Wairuna had not yet returned from Newcastle, and he had been unable to servo notices on the ship's officers, but arrangements had been made for them to come to Auckland as soon as they could be replaced. lb .was decided to adjourn the inquiry for a fortnight.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13708, 26 March 1908, Page 7
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