GREYCLIFFE INQUEST
TAHITI’S DEPARTURE
Sydney, January 28
The Greycliffe inquest continues. The coroner adversely criticised the Union Steamship Company for allowing the Tahiti to proceed to sea so soon after the collision.
Mr Hughes, the manager, sain that the company was subject to a penalty if the Tahiti was late in leaving Now Zealand with the American mails. The Tahiti was not damaged and nothing further in the way of rescue work could be done. She had 200 passengers aboard and there was nothing to prevent her from proceeding on her voyaye. The coroner said that there were many people on board the Tahiti who- might have given material evidence. While the police were busily occupied saving lives and recovering bodies the Tahiti left the harbour without giving the police a reasonable chance of interviewing those who might have proved material witnesses in the interests of justice.
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Te Puke Times, 31 January 1928, Page 3
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