THE ELINGAMITE ENQUIRY.
«, . . (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last night, Mr Tole, .who appefired for ttie Collector of Customs, gave an addw»s of tliree hours, m tlie course of which. -he said that regulations should be made and observed as to drill and manipulation, of boats. He hoped that one result of the enquiry would be the framing of a new regulation. Mr Haselden, S.M., here remarked that however strongly the Court might' fool on the matter, he did not think that they would make any such recommendations. This was rather a matter for a special commission which would found its conclusions on disinterested evidence. No doubt, however, the evidence which had been taken would form the basis of someaction. Mr Tole contends that there had been imprudence, negligence, and unskilful navigation of the vessel prior to the wreck; that there had been a defective log, false reckoning/ and too much theory as to the ship's position. There was alf.o want of preparedness on the part of those m the engine-room. The. Court hopes to give its decision on Monday.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9639, 14 January 1903, Page 2
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179THE ELINGAMITE ENQUIRY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9639, 14 January 1903, Page 2
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