SUPREME COURT.
THE JESSIE NICCOL COLLISION. Yesterday Air Justice Cooper aud a special jury opened the hearing of a case in which William Cook, shipowner and timber merchant, Lyttelton, sued the Union a team Snip Limited, to recover £153*2 for the loss ofc his schooner the Jessie Niccol on the night of December 19th, through tho negligent navigation of the defendant company’s steamer Rotomahana, which collided with the Jessie Niccol. For tho defence, it was put forward (a) that the Jessie Niccol was anchored in a dangerous position ; (b) that she «as anchored in the fairway, contrary to tho Harbour Board’s regulations; (c) that no proper light was exhibited after sunset ; (d) that no anchor watch was kept on tho Jessie Niccol; (e) that the master of the schooner did not, not having obtained a written exemption from tho harbourmaster, have at least one seaman in charge of tho deck of the schooner. Mr M. Myers appeared for tho plaintiff and Messrs A. Gray and T. M. Wilford for the defendants. Tho harbourmaster (Captain H. Johnson) was examined for plaintiff, after which tho further hearing was adjourned until 10.30 to-morrow morning.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5293, 3 June 1904, Page 6
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