FLOATING COFFINS.
■ • ' - — - — , ♦ • ji — ■ ' . ' , THE TORCH SCANDAL. A CAPTAIN'S REVELATIONS. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, April 9. Captain Carver, late commander of H.M.S. Torch, m a letter to th_ Morning Post, says that over two years have elapsed since the Torch sailed for Sydney, m a condition which wotild have rendered a private owner liable to penalties, but no inquiry was hold. She still leaked m. December, although £12,000 had been spent. Out of hine ships of the Australian Squadron ih 1911 three were dangerously un^eaworthy, and two were m a bad condition. He aecuied Mr Churchill of misstatement of the facta of the cases. .*'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13045, 10 April 1913, Page 3
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105FLOATING COFFINS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13045, 10 April 1913, Page 3
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