THE NORTHUMBERLAND
SALVAGE DISPUTE. AMICABLE SETTLEMENT REACHED. (Per United Press Association.) Gisborne, June 18. An amicable settlement has been reached in the dispute between the Gisborne Harbour Board and the New Zealand Shipping Co. over the salvage of the liner Northumberland. The board has agreed to accept the company’s cheque for £Bl9l in full settlement of its claims, both on its own behalf and for its employees. The settlement was reached as the result of the board agreeing to withdraw its claim for £2OOO for time lost in prosecution of harbour works while the plant was diverted to the assistance of the Northumberland and for £7OO establishment charges.
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Southland Times, Issue 20208, 20 June 1927, Page 8
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108THE NORTHUMBERLAND Southland Times, Issue 20208, 20 June 1927, Page 8
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