WATERFRONT ACCIDENTS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 64, 12 September 1924, Page 10

WATERFRONT ACCIDENTS

AND, CONTROL. OF;BHIPS.

.-.. Waterfront accidents arid the dispatcl of_ snips■; to sea in rough weather w"eri subjects raised when the Marine Depart ments annual report was "submitted U mi? OUSe of yesterday : \t -iir-,re ,er o£ the Opposition (Mr. "x. M. .Wilford) stated that he would leav, in the hands of captains of ships the dis oration as to whether they would pro W t^°- S« '-in *>i*h weather- - Regard wf u^ 6^le^y>p£ .waterfront gear, Mr WJfoxd sUted tHat the Commission 'o: hJd'hf w^ eh, :119 had been chairman aftL« -le secure soma important alterations, in the law, but: there wv still much to. dd; in the matter of guardtJLT^ 6 v?i, COu ni§ lete the work »■ tlia s >,^:v- H- !?leld (°teki)! bought ther, should be. some, committee at a portwlite would say. whether brnot.a sh? P shoui sail in.bad weather. .He had Lard o captains being ordered-to sea in bdc weather, being: told that;if they refute someone cl SB; wpuH-be given their job! ,W If W1« *h6 v su«Sestion S for th, installation wireless on ships, ari ( thought single-screw,vessels should cair' bent Bails orfiea'anchors for use in emer-" encies. . . .. ;L.' . -°

_ The^ Minister'of (the Hon G m,^ rS°n) l^^fc «>ere were add attht T? m:W dealing, with . accident RhirT, T m P°rts- Regarding wirdess-oi Hnf'if 9 Pr?P°sed to have theregula Lry buff ?/ re J l6 thoU Sht ™ neces sary, but he did. not wantto mislead 'Uic be installed- in; all small ships on th< '^^■: *r*a*T aa*'iaa& ma bers Hit aPParat«* priced by memtsl° f*h9 crew- So far as the sailim hfnS 9\ * h? W any°ne"could go behmd the captain of a vessel in the matt!