£40,000 from Govt.
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5-Years Old
Incident
Airways Co. Claims £40,000 from Govt.
THE long-drawn-out process of litigation in Australia is illus trated by the fact that the case between Trans-Oceanic Airways and the Commonwealth over an in cident in the Brisbane River in 1951 began in the High Court only in early September, 1956.
Trans-Oceanic Airways has long go^e^oul i °. f the airways business and the incident has been forgotten by everyone but the litigants.
The company alleges that neglig ence on the part of Commonwealth Servants in laying a flare path and conducting the movements of the aircraft resulted in damage to a Solent flying-boat.
While en route to Port Moresby from Sydney on November 28, 1951, a TOA Solent hit a dredge in the restricted waters of Hamilton Reach. Brisbane River. Captain P. H. Mathieson was pilot.
In June of 1951, another Solent of the company, in command of Captain P. G. Taylor (now Sir Gordon Taylor), struck a ship in almost the same circumstances.
The Company is claiming £40,000 t Mr. J'. M. Hedstrom, of Suva, a director of Morris Hedstrom Ltd., visited Australia in August.