SAFETY AT SEA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 124, 24 April 1935, Page 12

SAFETY AT SEA.

AUSTRALIAN REGULATIONS. ECHO OF TITANIC DISASTER. Important regulations relating to the safety of life at sea are being prepared bv the navigation branch of the -Australian Commerce Department, and will probably come into operation on May 1 • .. ~ , . , , The regulations are divided into two parts, the first concerning safety appliances and the second the loading of vessels. The framing of the safety regulations by the Commonwealth is the outcome of a series of international negotiations, which, although interrupted by the war, have been proceeding ever since the loss of the Titanic 23 years ago, and they are based in some measure on the experiences in that disaster. The regulations, which will bring the Commonwealth into line with the general requirements of the International Maritime Convention, will provide in detail for the provision and maintenance of adequate life-saving facilities, alarms, provision for the launching of boats, and generally will form a complete code for the expeditious and orderly abandonment of ships in an emergency.. The second set of regulations has been framed to safeguard against accidents at sea due to the overloading or the incorrect loading of ships.