WRECK OF THE ELINGAMITE.
CASE OF CAPTAIN ATWOCD. NO PROVISION FOR REHEARING. WELLINGTON,'ApriI 7. Some time ago a request was made to •the Minister of Marine -on behalf of the ! Merchant Service Guild that the inquiry j into the wreck of the Elingamite on the J Three Kings should be reopened, in view of the fact that it had since been found that the islands were wrongly charted. I The Hon. J. A. Millar has now written ' stating that there is no power to grant a. rehearing without legislation being I passed to authorise it. j The Merchant Service Guild is now ar- ! ranging a deputation to wait on the MinI ister to urge him to bring in a bill next ! session making provision for the reheari ing of the case. I
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Otago Witness, Issue 2978, 12 April 1911, Page 57
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132WRECK OF THE ELINGAMITE. Otago Witness, Issue 2978, 12 April 1911, Page 57
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