SAFETY AT SEA.
NEW BRITISH MEASURE. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Jan. 25. The twt of the new Government Merchant Shipping Bill imposes a penalty not exceeding two years’ imprisonment on conviction on indictment upon a captain who takes, or other persons responsible for sending, a ship to sea with the load-line submerged in contravention of the 1932 Act. The rules for life-saving appliances are applied by the Bill to fishing boats, which previously were excepted.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 26 January 1937, Page 9
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75SAFETY AT SEA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 26 January 1937, Page 9
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