LATE CABLES.
DERATISATION.
OTfPOPUIiAR WITH OWNERS.
{COSTS £467 TO KILL ONI! RAT.
(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.!
(Bcceived 2 p.m.) LONDON, May 14.
The new word "deratisat ion," mentioned at the resumption of the international shipping conference, was explained as the fumigation of ships every six months with the object of killing rats. The discussion showed that deratisation was unpopular with shipowners, often working out at £500 per rat It is asserted that it cost one ship f46T and killed one rat.
A committee was appointed to consider the whole question of sanitation. The conference passed a resolution urging the abolition of policies or acts of flag discrimination, which impeded the free flow of international commerce.
The discussion of port facilities chiefly concerned the delays in British ports, »nd was ended by the adoption of a resolution urging the maritime nations to do their utmost to secure the seaports keeping pace with the modern requirements of trade.— (Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 114, 15 May 1924, Page 7
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