THE MISSING DUCO.
THE COMPENSATION CLAIMS
United Press Association —Copyright WELLINGTON, March 13.. In the Supreme Court yesterday in chambers the pending claims against tlie Wellington Harbor Ferries Coy., Ltd., fbr compensation arising out of the loss of the Duco were mentioned. Tii.e Company has applied under the Shipping and Seamen’s Act to. permit its liability to be £ls per ton of the vessel’s tonnage, and to sta-v .all Supreme Court proceedings un-til the Admiralty Court has decided whether or not the Duco was lest through the owner’s actual fault qr privity. Mr Skerrett, for the Company, said that certain liability would -be admitted (the defendants to the motion having contended that the Company must admit liability up to £ls per ton before going into the Admiralty Court), but not'at the present stage. It -need) not be admitted before a decree nisi was made. The Chief Justice granted leave for Or petition to be delivered to the various defendants to the motion, argument to be heard next week.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19100314.2.27.17
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2759, 14 March 1910, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
168THE MISSING DUCO. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2759, 14 March 1910, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in