SAFE NAVIGATION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 October 1922, Page 5

SAFE NAVIGATION.

UNDESIRABLE PRIVILEGE,

BY CABLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT

(Received Oct. 11, 8.45 a.m.)

LONDON, Oct. 10.

The International Maritime Committee, rperesentative of thirteen countries, passed a resolution urging the Governments to accept in respect to their own vessels the same liabilities as ordinary shipowners had to bear.

Mr Justice Du~e, the new president, in supporting the demand, said that safety in navigation was not encouraged when certain classes of ships were not amenable to the jurisdiction of the ordinary Courts.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.