"Morinda" On Run Again
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AFTER undergoing extensive repairs in Sydney, the Burns Philp steamer “Morinda”, which went ashore near Malo Island, New Hebrides, on March 28, resumed the Lord Howe—Norfolk — New Hebrides service on May 12.
A Commonwealth Court of Marine In quiry announced on April 26 that it had found that the grounding of the “Morinda” was the result of a wrong course being set by the master and the second officer shortly before the acci dent. The Court held that neither was guilty of misconduct, but agreed that the second officer, Hugh Sandison, should be severely censured.
The evidence of the master, Captain Richard Perry, and various members of the ship’s company, showed that when the ship struck at 4.13 a.m. visibility was practically nil, owing to rain and mist, and that there was a strong easterly set.
Mr. H. A. Bentley, of the G. and E.
Colony Administrative staff, left Ocean Island in May, on sick leave, to consult an ear specialist in Auckland, N.Z,