LOSS OF A SHIP.
SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES AWARDED. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Thursday,. 8.45 a.m.) POET MORESBY, This Day. The Papuan authorities have awarded £10,559 against the British New Guinea Development Company in connection wjth the loss of the ship Merrie England at Port Moresby in March, 1919, through the, company’s negligence in dealing with an explosive substance.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14098, 15 April 1920, Page 5
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