MONOWAI EXPLOSION.
PAYMENT OF COSTS,
(Special tOi Herald.) (
->? WELLINGTON, this day. The Royal Commission which investigated the cause of .an explosion of sulphuric; acid from a drum which Was being unloaded from, the steamer Mono-. -Wfti tjri ' Auckland , when several men were severely injured, recommended that, if possible, a- Melbourne firm which „ placed -the acid m drums with 'defective bungs should be ordered* to pay jhe costs of the inquiry. The Commission expressed a ' doubt ac to whether thiia could be enforced, but added tha.t if it was- legally possible they were prepared to make such • an order. The Hon. G. Wi Russell, Minister'of Marine, informs me that the matter was referred to the Crown Law Office, which reported- that . it is impos--fiibleifiio legally recover costs from .the Australian firm * therefore the matter cannot ;be pursued. ■■ ■ ,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 7
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