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Matheson herself was also engaged “on a warlike operation..?
Judgment.
Mr. Justice Weight read a judg- ment, in the course of which he atated the facts, raad the material sections of the charter-party T.00, and said that the terms of those. sections must be construed in ac cordance with the principles of marine insurance, The arbitrator had held that at the time of the lass- the Clan Matheson was engaged in awarlike operation. The words "warlike operation" were not cap- able of precise definition; they did not include all operations in the
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Use was made of the "Ardgantock" letter which has recently been re- and the "Richard de Larrinaga,” ceived from an hónorary agent of before Mr. Justice Wright in the that society in the United States by Commercial Court, to support the course of war, or all operations for the Secretary of the Imperial Merview of the arbitrator that the loss the purposes of war. It was always A question of fast and of chant Service Guild. He states that of the "Clán Matheson," in convoy,
he degree, and
held that In the course of his business he was due to warlike operations. comes into contact with a very large She, of course, was one of the Clan the "Clan Matheson" was not number of captains-hia firm holds Line steamers. Reason was adduced engaged in warlike operation. Nor did her owners commit no less than 95 contracts for sup- from two appeal casos, 1921, p. 141, plies for British ships, their busi- for saying that if one of two collid any breach of the warranty of sea- ne being almost exclusively Bri- ing vessels was engaged in a war worthiness, nor were those naviga- tish. Part of the duties of the like service the collison was a war ting her guilty of negligence,.
though there was some breakdown honorary agent in the firm is to see risk.
in the steering gear. It was admit- that ships have the necesaray papers The Board of Trade appealed all in order for entry, and he has against the arbitrator's decision inted that the other steamer, the "Western Front," was engaged in a been astonished to find that in a the "Clan Matheson," the sum in- great many cases those responsible volved, the vessel's value, being warlike operation because the was In the ship do not appear to realise £205,000. The accident happened carrying war supplies to France for that defective papers will mean" in May of 1918, when ships were in the United States Government. heavy fine on the ship. He states convoy for French ports. The The immediate cause of the loss that his position and standing with "Western Front" carrying muni- of the "Clan Matheson" was the in- the authorities at his port, however, tions of war, was agreed to be on cursion of water into her, but going Hong Kong Manila enable him to help them out in this warlike operation and the "Clan behind that fact was the dominant connection, and it has given him Matheson" collided with her. But consideration that the "Western much pleasure during the course of the "Clan Matheson" carried only Front" only came into collision with years to have been the means of sav. 16 per cent. of her cargo directed the "Clan Matheson" because of the ing owners thousands of dollars in to war purposes, 84 per cent. being latter's sudden and unexpected de- this way since he becario establish for civil use steel billets and parture from her proper course. ed at his port. It is not surpris cereals-and the arbitrator said The collision was solely due to the Ing, to learn, in the circumstances, that as far as she herself was con- fault of the "Clan Matheson;" it that the honorary agent is held in cerned she was not performing a followed directly from her cheering high esteem up and down the const warlike operation. As to her coll-out of her course and was in no where his firm operates, and those sion, however, he said the "Western sense due to a warlike operation. in British ships especially know that Front" was on war service, and It The "Western. Front" was a cause in him they have a friend who is out was conclusive. the "Clan Matheson", sine qua non, but was not the to help them in every way he possank two hours after her collision dominant cause of the loss; she was sibly can. He says in his letter with the "Western Front," and her an instrument in it, but not the that all his sympathies are with his loss WAS due to the "Western cause of it. old profession, and he finds that he Front's" warlike operation. is able on many occasions to be of service both to shipowners and to the floating staff. This matter of having papere all in order before arrival in port is one which has been stressed by the Guild as of great importance on a number of occa slons. The society has found in the course of its work on behalf of mem- bers that if such is not the case, it leads to a tremendous amount of trouble and, more often than not, heavy fines. The honorary agent ends up his letter with the follow ing remarks:-"I am afraid I am outrunning your patience, but there are few men who retain their in- [stincts and sympathy for those who have shared the sea life to a greater degree than this writer,"
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Negligence on the "Clan Matheson's" part would · not i have been material; the movement Jammed Steering Gear?
of the vessel might have been. due With 80me persistence, Mr. to sudden illness of the man at the Norman Raeburu, K.C., for the wheel or it might have been due to Board of Trade, argued that, look-negligent steering, but the result ing more nearly at the matter, the would have been the same. The "Clan Matheson'a" trouble was to be arbitrator had found that the pro- found in the vessel herself, was the ximate cause of the loss was the result of a jammed steering gear, impact of the "Western Front," but and that put the case in quite a dif- in this case the vessel which was farent category; her sinking was engaged in a warlike operation These vessels leave Hong Kong for Wuchow (via Samshui, Shluhing, purely a marine risk. In view of played only a minor part in the col-Takhing & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong (via same Ports) every five that na first cause, Mr. Raeburn lision and was merely the instru-yares for round trip (not including meals) $20. Meals & Wines are said the arbitrator's finding, by de- ment and not the cause of the loss to be obtained on board. votion to previous' cases, was con- The decision of the arbitrator must, therefore, be reversed, and judg. trary to commonsense.
ment must he given for the Crown.
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With Mr. Raeburn, for the Board of Trade, was Mr. Russell Davies, instructed by the Board of Trade solicitor; and for the Clan Line Steamers, Ltd., Mr. George Langton, K.G., Mr. A. T. James, K.G, and
The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of Mr. J. Macmillan, instructed by Messrs. Ince, Colt, Ince and Roscoe. Canada" from Hong Kong on June
War risk or
marine risk, of 18 left Yokohama on June 21 at London. In the House of Com-course, was the question before the noon, and is due at Vancouver to-
day. mons Mr. David Grenfell asked the court. The "Western Front," was Presklent of the Board of Trade If bound to St. Nazaire, found by the he would state what number of Bri- arbitrator to be a war base, and the Rusels" arrived at Manila yester-- tish ships were sold to foreign own-"Clan Matheson" to Nantes, found day at noon, left Manila to-day at SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports. ers in 1926 and 1927, and the aggre. to be both a war base and a commer-2 a.m., and is due at Hong Kong
dial port. The "Western Front" was to-morrow at 2 p.m. manned by American naval ratings, and was on charter to the American
|___The_C.P.S.-R.M.S.Empress-of- Government She was bound from Asia" left Vancouver for Hong New York.
Kong, via Japan ports and Shang- |hai, on June 21, and is due here on Mathe- July 9.
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Mr. Herbert G. Williams-The following vessels were reported as having been sold to foreigners dur ing 1926, viz., 275 United Kingdom vessels, of 596,351 tons gross, and 92-overseaTM British VeBBOJE, "Of, A$ 135,114 tong gross. In 1927 the figures were: 288 United Kingdom told this story.
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May 22 observed she was Manila on July 19. somewhat off her course,' and gave the quartermaster the order to port, but that did not bring the vessel round. Again he gave the porting, order, and then went to the helm to find it hard over to port. In two minutes and a half she was seven points off her course. The arbitra- tor definitely found that some- Mr.. Herbert G. Williams. The thing was wrong with her steering total quantity of oil fuel shipped in gear. When he had found that the 1927 for the use of steamers and ship's collision was due to a sheer motor vessels engaged in the for-produced by defect in her own eign trade (including fishing ves- steering apparatus, Mr. Raeburn
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