CALLIOPE DOCK DISASTER
SUPREME COURT CASES.
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AUCKLAND, last night. Mr. Justice Denuiston sat
Chambers, this morning to ascertain how many actions set down for hearing during the civil sittingswere ready. In regard to the claims for damages arising out of tlie Calliope Dock disaster, his Honor said that the parties did not agree to have the general liability tested by tlie action of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co. against, the Harbor Board. He could not try any other "cases during the present sitting. .Special juries- had been called in ail but one of the cases, but it was open for the parties to make fresh arrangements if they chose to. He had no time, howover, to try these cases even on a question of damages.
It was mentioned" by Mr. J. "Reed, of the steamer Mamari, that .he had specially come to New Zealand so that the officers could give ovidence, and he suggested that their statements might be used in other cases. Mr. Cotter, representing defendant, said he was quite content. The -principal action will commence on Monday, JuneT7th.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2097, 4 June 1907, Page 3
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