Loss of a Cargo Valued at $11,500:
Action Against Steamol ip An action in Admiralty jurisdic. tion, arising out of a collision which occurred in the river in the vicinity of the Police Hulk on October 14, was heard at H. M. Suprema Court on tuesday before his tenour Judge Skinner Turner, and Lieutenant-Commander C. A. Browne, R.N., sitting og naval assessor.
Plaintiifs wore the British-Amer. ican Tobacco Ca. (China) Ld., and defendants the China Navigation Ca., owners of the str. Hoihow, and the claim was for $11,507, the value of cargo and freight on board cargo boat No. 1414 when the latter was run down by the defendant's steamer, Mr. M. Reader Harris appeared for plaintiffs and Mr. R. Macleod and Mr. Rees for defendant.
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