TWO COMMANDS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13911, 15 March 1909, Page 2

TWO COMMANDS.

William Glass, chief officer of the Forrest Hall, deposed that a few minutes before the ship struck he advised the captain to €urn the vessel round. The captain replied that he was the responsible man aboard. Witness added that the ship was going ashore, and called to the helmsman, to ' • hard up the helm; keep her away!" The captain said, •• Keep her full and bye. I will take all responsibility." The captain then ordered witness off the Poop. He had seen nothing unusual about the captain's health. There was no justification for anyone saying that he (witness) was under the influence of liquor. He did not see any riot on Saturday night, bu^ the men were "jolly" getting stores off. Witness had a few words with the steward and struck him. A slight struggle ensued, in wbich the cook lifted an axe to him.

The unveiling of the remaining hatchments which complete the set painted by Arohdeacon Walsh for St. Mary's Church, to the memory of the different regiments and volunteers who took part in the Maori War, takes place on Sunday week, March 27» at 3 p.m. All veterans are invited to attend the service. The hatchment in memory of the Royal Artillerymen w'|l be unveiled by Sergeant Arch. Hood, R.A., and that for the Royal -Engineers will be unveiled, in the unavoidable absence of Mr. Andrew Morton, a former member of the Engineers', by Mr. T. M 'Guinness^ late of the Artillery and a lieutenant of Volunteer corps during the war. The hatchment to the 12th Regiment will be unveiled by Captain Mare, who was associated with the regiment at Waitara and at Omata.