LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10958, 29 April 1907, Page 3

LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

.."■■■ ■■■•"■ — ♦ (Per Press Association.) ; . AUCKLAND, this day. A, deputation of residents from marine suburbs interviewed the Hon. Mr Millar and urged the necessity for the Marine Department looking carefully into the matter of. the inspection of ferry steamers,. some of which had been running iii Auckland harbor for over thirty years, and according to' certificate were seaworthy. It was stated that nearly all these steamers were licensed to carry as many passengers as anr ocean liner. Some carried over one thousand. Mr \Miller said the loss of the Te Aroha came as a shock to more than Auckland residents. -Hitherto, the* inspection of vessels m New Zealand had been known throughout Australasia to be most drastic. Masters and engineers of foreign-going vessels had stated they would prefer a Board of Trade inspection. The steamer Surrey, a large Home-going vessel, which was allowed to leave the U'ld Country and come here via Australia, was detained on arrival at Wellington and prohibited from, leaving until new furnaces 'had been fitted. She was now at Port Chalmers, and it> would be three months from the day of her suspension until she was able to go away again her owners having had to send to England for new furnaces. The steamers coming from England for the Union Company had had certificates f rom Lloyd's showing their boilers were allowed to reach a cer- 1 tain pressure. The New Zealand inspector worked out the boiler pressure again and found the pressure allowed by Lloyd's .wag riot allowed here, and the pressure was, reduced, notwithstanding the vessels had just arrived from the Old Country. In Auckland he understood some shipowners were preserving plates ordered to be cut out of tueir vessels to support their contention that the plates condemned. by the Marine Department were actually sound. Up to the Te Aroha casualty he had no reason to doubt tliat the inspection of vessels at Auckland was of a thorough character. He knew there was considerable alarm m the minds of peop'e. To allay this he had asked Mr Duncim, chief in6peytor of machinery, after a brief' visit to Wellington,' to return liere to make a personal inspection of ©very one of the older steamers trading m Auckland harbor. The Minister assured the deputation that as far .as the Department was concerned nothing would be wanting to see that the vessels were seaworthy. ..-.. .HAMILTON, this day. Alan Coe, aged about 32, a well-known settier, formerly of Ellesmere, Canterbury, was found! on the road near his liomestead shot dead. He. was to have been married shortly. It is believed to- have been a case of suicide. " • WELLINGTON, this day. A diver has thoroughly , examined the bottom of the steamer Inveran, which went ashore m the harbor last week. There is no damage to the plating, and the cost of replacing the propeller will be about £200