THE FERRY TRAGEDY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 6 January 1928, Page 5

THE FERRY TRAGEDY.

NAVIGATION RULES. BROKEN BY SYDNEY FERRIES. Press Association- Electric Telegraph -Copyrigh BVDNEY, Thursday. At the Greycliffe inquiry, Mr Evans, counsel for Pilot Carson, in an address to the Court, .said that because the rules of navigation were being broken by the Sydney Ferries every day, the public were exposed to serious risks. Mr Evans strongly condemned the construction of the ferry boats, declaring that it was impossible for the captains to maintain a proper look-out.. He added that during the inquiry Pilot Carson’s reputation had been grossly defamed. The case had been overloaded with prejudice from the start, everybody assuming that the speed of the Tahiti was excessive, “so much so that the propaganda that has been disseminated is extraordinarily difficult to counteract. In fact it has, spread throughout the world. It is ridiculous to suppose that Pilot Carson, aided and abetted by Captain Aldwell, would be guilty of deliberately running down a ship. ’ ’ The fact was, declared Mr Evans, -that the ferry steamer changed its course and that was supported by all the exact evidence that had been given in the case. It was the defective equipment of the Greycliffe that was at fault.