GREYCLIFFE DISASTER
DEPARTURE OF THE TAHITI. CORONER’S ADVERSE COMMENT. (Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, January 28. The Greycliffe inquest was continued yesterday. The coroner adversely criticised the Union Company for allowing the Tahiti to proceed to sea so soon after the collision. Mr Hughes (manager) said the company was subject to a penalty if the Tahiti was late in leaving for New Zealand with oha American mails. The Tahiti was not damaged, and nothing further in the way of rescue work could have been done. She had 200 passengers on board, and there was nothing to prevent her proceeding on her voyage. The Coroner said there were many peopl© on board the Tahiti who mignt have given material evidence. While the police were busily occupied in saving lives and recovering the bodies, the Tahiti left the harbour without giving the police a reasonable chance to interview those who might have proved material witnesses in the interests of justice.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19280130.2.36
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 20319, 30 January 1928, Page 7
Word Count
157GREYCLIFFE DISASTER Otago Daily Times, Issue 20319, 30 January 1928, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.