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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 16326, 23 August 1913, Page 3

During the inquiry into tho loss of the Titanic the suggestion was thrown out that state in the lifeboats should be numbered in accordance with tho passenger’s ticket. . That proposal has found favour with one of the Japanese steamship companies, a coupon being attached to the regular ticket, “ reserving ’’ a seat in a certain lifeboat for the holder, who is requested immediately upon going on board to become familiar with tho location of his boat and the place that has boon allotted to him. If this rule is observed confusion in time of crisis should be reduced to a minimum, always granting, of course, that the passengers do not liecome panicstricken.