ALLEGED OVERCROWDING.
AN OCEAN LINER’S CAPACITY. London, Jan. 3. A traveller by an Australian liner writes to ''The Times” stating that the Board of Trade’s license allowed the vessel to carry 580 passengers. She actually carried 85 first class, 810 steerage, and 200 of a crew. The utmost boat capacity was 740. The writer states that all emigrant ships are overcrowded since the inauguration of assisted passages. OVER-CROWDING IMPOSSIBLE. (Received 4, 10.35 ami.) London, Jan. 3. In connection with the alleged overcrowding of the emigrant ships, the “Pall Mall Gazette,” after enquiry at official quarters, explains that the traveller evidently overlooked the fact that the steamer’s license does not apply when she beeonies an emigrant ship. The Beard of Trades supervision makes overcrowding impossible.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 18, 4 January 1912, Page 5
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124ALLEGED OVERCROWDING. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 18, 4 January 1912, Page 5
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