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Southland Times, Issue 4484, 23 November 1882, Page 2

fe^pt The B^ueirioie,iliCli& 1! %ay'■! arrived"' at 11 We BIuSE offiK^aaJ OTfniin^Cajitaih- CulnSer reports iSktinfoief&lil^Wcaßlle'oh tHe llth- 'inst.? and exfiineiided faddettiM southerly winds with nne-wefcther throughout .the' passag^ ahiving oflE Bhj£ff.m:tiie;2lsJ, at^Daapyhen^ the -j pjilot came bffboard'a'rid'wofkeal^up to the vfharf during th^-evenmg."'?Plief Edith -May ebmes consigned to:Gampbell and.Ritchie, with a cargo of 280tonsFOfl»al.'&^iS^iH ol ;-v'-;7v Ziv. y-A .- The Sidney ■;Bchoihas.-tiae> foUowing:—^l^Each day, bymgs news of some: new wreck, or .collision ; rjinnvng, on to the, shore, or foundering at/sea. 1 -For-we Have got accustomed to this«jrtx>fihews,abd as 4- long*as no: great numbec'd lif ea'arei lost: ; wet"do: hot consider it necesß^isft;exaimne^ery/xigidly into the facts of each^a^e. It has, been.a.piisfprtune,! jye say,. and it is^agOod thihg-itiß-not worse! Those, however,?who>iavebeenA6ehind*th©''sceneskn6w too well that these_'accidents-are.in the majority of caßes not meie mißfprtu.nes,;bnt the. dkect; results of gross" carelessness pr.fpolhardiness... Not very long agO|'one { |hian,"<aptein of a ship of which he w;as6a¥t b^nie'r, fan" her straight on to a reef, Qni^iiich s iHß"became a total wreck, she and her cargo having^beeninsured at a high rate before starting on the voyage. He was punished, but the {punishment consisted merely in the suspension of his 1 certificate for six months, and at tjie ehci''6i r thattiihe he was perfectly at liberty to go and increase hiß'fortune again in the samssWay^aJXhisaß^^stiEong ■.instance, but it must not be regarded as an exceptional one. It is by no means an uncommon thing to hear these skippers jsay openly that itf wduld pay them better to run their vessels- on .shore than to take them into-portj'':Thus'an iatention to profit by the wreCkp.gross: Carelessness, and drtmkeness are perhaps;thethre9 most constant causes of wrecks-iilntorderito iineet; this state of things somethingisurely might be done in the way of bringing suspected delinquents into a properly constituted-vjCriminal ;C(>nrtj>byi which some severer punishment, might be inflicted. than the mere su^ensibupf'a certificate.': These men" in •rder togaiirMe object which they have, in view are little deterred by. the fear of losing a: certificate. What isitieeded is j"soiue heayier penalty looming before "theireyes'in the shape of two or three years' penal servitude."