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8. Marine Court.
(Under Section 19 of Ordinance 10 of 1899.)
22 During the year 1915 there were three courts held :-
(1) On the 14th day of June, 1915, enquiry was made into the charges of drunkenness against William John Fraser, certificate of competency No. 037,373 of Liverpool, 3rd mate of the British S.S. Hai Mun, Official No. 95,869 of Hongkong.
The Court found as follows:-
We find that the charge against William John Fraser, 3rd mate of the S.S. Hai Mun, Official No. 95,869, the number of whose certificate of competency as 1st mate is 037,373 of Liverpool is proved, and taking into consideration that this officer's certificate was suspended by a Marine Court in Hongkong for drunkenness in March, 1914, for one year, and from this and the evidence now given, he appears a confirmed drunkard, and as such, with a certificate of competency, is a menace to shipping: We therefore order that his certificate be suspended for 2 years, and that before his certificate is returned, a certificate of sobriety from the master or masters with whom he has served be produced to the Board of Trade for six months immediately preceding the expiration of suspension.
(2) On the 20th day of August, 1915, enquiry was held into the charge of incompetency on the part of James Willox, whose certificate of competency as master was 036,321 of Aberdeen, master of the British Steamship On Lee Official No. 127,007 of Hongkong.
The Court found that the Steamship Taishan Official No. 133,245 of Hongkong, of which Robert Alexander Birss, certificate of competency No. 024,435 of Dundee, was master, arrived at the Western Examination Anchorage, Hongkong, on a voyage from Macao at 6.19 p.m. on August 8th, and sighting the Examination Officer's launch, steered for same and that, when within some 600 yards from that launch, was ordered by the signal M. N. to stop, and then, as is customary, with the way off the ship, to proceed slowly and carefully towards the Examination Vessel. This signal was answered by the Tai Shan hoisting her answering pennant in the usual manner, and reducing speed, coming alongside of the Examination Launch, practically stopped and with her engines going astern. We find that at the time the signal M.N. was first made, the Steamship On Lee, of which James Willox, certificate of competency No. 036,321 was master, was also seen approaching the Examination Anchorage from the S. W., and about 1,000 yards off, going at full speed and heading for the Examination Launch. That the master of the Steamship On Lee, however, took no notice of the urgent signal M. N. which was made general to both ships with full sized flags hoisted to a yard 25 feet above the Examination Launch rail and kept flying for some 2 to 3 minutes, and the opinion of the Court on this point is that, if a proper look-out had been kept on board the Steamship On Lee, this signal must
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8. Marine Court.
(Under Section 19 of Ordinance 10 of 1899.)
22 During the year 1915 there were three courts held :-
(1) On the 14th day of June, 1915, enquiry was made into the charges of drunkenness against William John Fraser, certificate of competency No. 037,373 of Liverpool, 3rd mate of the British S.S. Hai Mun, Official No. 95,869 of Hongkong.
The Court found as follows:-
We find that the charge against William John Fraser, 3rd mate of the S.S. Hai Mun, Official No. 95,869, the number of whose certi- ficate of competency as 1st mate is 037,373 of Liverpool is proved, and taking into consideration that this officer's certificate was suspended by a Marine Court in Hongkong for drunkenness in March, 1914, for one year, and from this and the evidence now given, he appears a confirmed drunkard, and as such, with a certificate of competency, is a menace to shipping: We therefore order that his certificate be suspended for 2 years, and that before his certificate is returned, a certificate of sobriety from the master or masters with whom he has served be produced to the Board of Trade for six months immediately preceeding the expiration of suspension.
(2) On the 20th day of August, 1915, enquiry was held into the charge of incompetency on the part of James Willox, whose certificate of competency as master was 036,321 of Aberdeen, master of the British Steamship On Lee Official No. 127,007 of Hongkong.
The Court found that the Steamship Taishan Official No. 133,245 of Hongkong, of which Robert Alexander Birss, certificate of competency No. 024,435 of Dundee, was master, arrived at the Western Examination Anchorage, Hongkong, on a voyage from Macao at 6.19 p.m. on August 8th, and sighting the Examination Officer's launch, steered for same and that, when within some 600 yards from that launch, was ordered by the signal M. N. to stop, and then, as is customary, with the way off the ship, to proceed slowly and carefully towards the Examination Vessel. This signal was answered by the Tai Shan hoisting her answering pennant in the usual manner, and reducing speed. coming alongside of the Examination Launch, practically stopped and with her engines going astern. We find that at the time the signal M.N. was first inade, the Steamship On Lee, of which James Willox, certificate of competency No. 036,321 was master, was also seen approaching the Examination Anchorage from the S. W., and about 1,000 yards off, going at full speed and heading for the Examination Launch. That the master of the Steamship On Lee, however, took no notice. of the urgent signal M. N. which was made general to both ships with full sized flags hoisted to a yard 25 feet above the Examination Launch rail and kept flying for some 2 to 3 minutes, and the opinion of the Court on this point is that, if a proper look- out had been kept on board the Steamship On Lee, this signal must
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