WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE STEAMER?
PRELIMINARY INQUIRY OPENED.
ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE ABANDONED.
It is. of course, quite impossible to cay what will be done with the steamer—that is entirely a matter for Gapt. Taylor’s judgment —and the solution of the problem which has been sot him —whether renewed efforts should ho made to float the ship,* or whether the vessel should he sold as she lies—will be awaited with considerable interest. On shore yesterday the position was somewhat strained. The signing off of the men was commenced, but the men believe that the company is compelled, under the law, to land them in London, and most of them have declined to sign-off until it is fully guaranteed that they will be duly conveyed to their Home port. It is expected that this matter will be adjusted to-day and that the signing-off will ho duly completed before night. In the meantime the men are full of complaints, although they have been assured that the Company’s action is perfectly legal. In the course of a chat with a •''Gisborne Times” reporter on the subject a gentleman of considerable experience said that he thought that the men were anticipating trouble. He believed that the Company would do its best for them and that they would make an endeavor to draft the men into their other ships or to find them employment. The preliminary inquiry into the wreck was opened by the Collector of Customs yesterday, the evidence of Captain Hart, commander of the Star of Canada, being taken. The officers’ evidence will he —taken this morning and will be duly forwarded to the Marine Department at Wellington. The Department will then make arrangements for the holding of the Magisterial inquiry, which will lie conducted at Gisborne by Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., and two assessors, who will be appointed by the Department. It seems almost certain that the Siar of Canada will he abandoned as a total wreck, and .in such a case it is of interest to note that- she will bo the largest vessel ever lost on the New Zealand coast.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3567, 5 July 1912, Page 5
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352WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE STEAMER? Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3567, 5 July 1912, Page 5
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