THE JERVIS BAY
NAVY’S ASSISTANCE EXPENSE QUESTIONED IN COMMONS ESTIMATED COST £5OO (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) Rugby, July 11. The assistance rendered by the Navy to the Australian Commonwealth liner Jervis Bay last month was the subject of further questions in Parliament to-day. Asked as to the cost of such assistance, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Hon. W. C. Bridgeman, said in the absence of details it was estimated at £5OO, but until the full circumstances were known he could not say whether this expense would be charged to the owners of the vessel. It was the duty of his Majesty’s ships to give every possible aid to vessels in danger of distress, and if the service rendered came under the heading of salvage services the Crown was prevented from claiming expenses under the Merchant Shipping Act. He added that the word salvage was interpreted in a rather wide sense, and he was advised that if there was any mutiny, piracy or plunder concerned the assistance rendered would be covered by the word salvage.— British Official Wireless.
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Southland Times, Issue 20537, 13 July 1928, Page 7
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179THE JERVIS BAY Southland Times, Issue 20537, 13 July 1928, Page 7
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