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-An agreement has been come to in the case of twelve members 'of the crew of the British--8.8.-"Dar-. cofla" who have appeared twice at the Marine Court,
journed the case sine die.
Arrangements have been made for the men to stay at the Sea- men's Institute until they all for Home by the P. & O: s.s. "Mantua" on Jan. 5,
Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton (for Captain Ferguson) announced when the Court resumed yesterday afternoon that the men had sev erally agreed to be paid off and
- Funds had repatriated.
boon In the House of Lords the Lord More than two years ago a lively cabled for. Chancellor, Viscount Dunedin, and corressbirdenes took place in the Comdr. J. B. Newill, D.S.O., R.N. Lords Shaw, Buckmaster and Car-columns of "The Journal of Com-retired (Marine Magistrate) ad- son heard the appeal of George merce" on the subject of the type Gibson and. Co., Ltd., shipowners, of propalling machinery likely to Leith, ówners of the steamer be adopted in the now White Star Is to run in "Grangemouth," from an interlocu- liner which
with the "Olympic" tion of the Second Division of the company Court of Session in Scotland in an and "Majestic," and attracted action for damages against the respondent Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Ltd., self a certain amount of attention
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. and some criticism because he ox, shiprepairers, "Grangemouth."
The action arises out of a fire pressed the hope that he might be
8.8. Royal Prince" from fore long have the opportunity to which occurred on April 24, 1925, cross the Atlantic in a turbo-elec- New York, sailed from Shanghai on board the steamer "Grange-
trically propelled liner. Now Lord on Dec, 28 at noon, and is expected mouth," on which the respondenta Kylsant has made the officia! an- to arrive here on Dec. 81 at day- were executing certain repairs, nouncement that electrical machin-light. The fire caused damage to the ship
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acetylene machine was used by the respondents.
steam turbines. This point is to be settled before the end of the The case of the appellants is that year. If the Diesel-electric system the fire which took place in the is eventually selected, the step will hold where there was a cargo of be one of a magnitude quite with jute was due to the negligent use out precedent in the annal of internal-combustion en- of the oxy-acetylene machine, and marine
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that the jute was set fire to bygineering, and worthy of direct East Asiatic Co., Ltd.), left Dun- fine sparks or particles of glowing comparison with the courageous kirk on Dec. 24, and is due here molten metal. In defence of this move of the Cunard Line in decid-on or about Jan. 81. claim the respondents maintain that "Lusitania" and "Mauretania" in ing to fit steam turbines in the the fire was not caused by the oxy-preference to the five crank triple- jacetylene, plant, that there was no
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in any event the appellants contri-electric vessels in service, but near-ports for the week ended Dec. 22 buted by their negligence to they all are of relatively small size, is given below with the number of
result.
The Lord Ordinary (Lord Fiem- ing) held that the appellants had proved that the fire was caused by the use of the oxy-acetylene plant, and that there had been failure on the part of the respondents to take due precautions to protect the ship and cargo against the risk of fire, The Second Division of the Court of Session unanimously found, how ever, that the evidence did not sup- port either branch of the Lord Or dinary's conclusion, and reversed his judgment, whereupon the appeal was taken to the House of Lords.
deatha in brackets:---
Plague: Tamatavé 2, Baghdad 1 (1).
and it has been proved time and again that, once past a certain limit, size has a marked effect on performance in Dissal engines. If there is an upper limit to the size
Cholera: Pondicherry (9), Bang- of turbo-electric instaliation, on kok 9 (8), Canton 2 (1). the other hand, it has not yet been Small-pox: Basrah 5 (3), Pondi- reached either on land or at sea; cherry (2), Samarinda 8 (2), Pnom and there is a considerable body | Penh 19 (8), Shanghai (14), Can- of opinion amongst engineers whe ton 7, Macao (1), Baghdad 5 (10). are by no means inimically inclined towards the heavy-oil engine that, while any liner company that is willing to fit Diesel-electric plant in a 60,000-ton ship is certain to acquire a reputation for courage, it might be better in the long run to rest content with a reputation for instal the turbo-electric system and
cautious judgment. So long, how- ever, as the world contains two en- gineers, it will contain a difference of opinion on engineering.matters. The respondents were represented It may be taken as certain that, by Mr. Craigle M. Aitchison, KC, whatever decision is finally made, and Mr. G. H. Main Thompson the machinery of the new White (instructed by Middleton, Lewis, Star liner will be unique of its kind and Clarke, London agents for and a credit alike to its designers, Blackstock, Rose and Co., Edin-builders and owners.-"Journal of burgh, and Wm. Simpson, Grange- | Commerce." mouth).
Mr. W. G. Normand, K.C., and Mr. R. P. Morison (Instructed by Thos. Cooper and Co., London agents for Beveridge, Sutherland, and. Smith, W.S.. Leith) were for the appellants.
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Sparks From Oxy-Acetylenc disbelieved by the trial judge who After hearing counsels' argu heard both sides." mente; the Lord Chancellor, In It was also said that the appel- moving that the appeal should be lants had been guilty of contribu- allowed, reviewed the evidence laid tory negligence in bringing fute before the Lord Ordinary, and anid Into No. 2 hold and In not warning he (the Lord Chancellor) saw no the respondents of its presence. reason. for refusing to accept the That contention was overruled, in evidence that sparks had been seen both courts below, and he (the Lord flying during the operations with Chancellor) agreed with the views
ample evidence that sparks were appellants had no reason to believe being generated. As regarded the oxy-acetylene was going to be used, assertion that there had been smok- and it was clear the respondents ing by the appollants' men in the knew perfectly well that the ship hold in close proximity, and that was being loaded. In a case such this increased the hurden of proof as this, where the question was on the appellants, his lordship was purely one of fact depending on the unable to appreciate that argu-oral testimony of witnesses on both ment. The case made out by the sides, it was not easy to succeed in appellante was that the sparks were reversing the finding of the trial happening at the time and place judge, who had seen the witnesses that the fire broke out. That and was in a better position to fudge smoking would be a possible cause their evidence.
of fire was, of course, obvious, but Viscount Dunedin and Lords the evidence of the respondente Shaw, Buckmaster and Carson con- that smoking was taking place was curred, and the appeal was allowed,
with costs.
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