CLAIM FOR TOWAGE.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12805, 28 May 1910, Page 3

CLAIM FOR TOWAGE.

[United Pkess Association.] Christchurch, May 27. Mr Justice Sim sat in Vice-Admir-alty jurisdiction to hear the clam ; of the owners of the steamer Rcmorc of Hobart, against the barque Solgran for £500 for towage'The captain of the Solgran said thai the barque loR the River Derwcait • Tasmania, on April 2<th, with tim • ber, and mot the Romero off DerwciH • lighthouse. The wind was light, anc " he told the master of the*-. Romero thai - he would give him a couple % of pound: ■ if he would' pull ihe barque's bene i round. The master of the Rcmcr< 1 .-igreod,and towed the: barqne for abo\V 20 minutes, when the line parted. The steamer came alongside, and two sovereigns woro handed over tlie. s'.de. N< receipt was given ; but when the &ol gran reached Lyttelton she was arrested. . _ . „ , . . The taking of evidence in *the clam: against the barque Solgran was concluded this evening, and tlie evidence was signed. The case Avill come on here at a future date for determination. - '