SAFETY OF WATERSIDERS.
EARLY LEGISLATION PROMISES, [by TKLmiUJ'H.— 6QBHESBOifHIs)HS, WELLINGTON, Thursday. The recommendations of the \vatersiaa Accidents Commission ara to he emhodieq in legislation to be submitted to th« House of Representatives in the neap future. The Minister for Marina stated to-day that 27 recommendations had been agreed to bv the eemmlsslon. and nine had been decided by himself, To give effect tq these recommendations it would be aecaz? sarv to amend the Harbours Act, and th Shipping and Seamen Act, They had beer, approved by the Cabinet, and the* SoJioitoi-Geueral " and the 'chief law draughtsmen ww Bow drafting necessary legislation and regulations The Minister stated that there waq misconception throughout the Dominion in regard te the su?St«tfon far safeguard-, in? fe»tehee, and a *tateK.mit had been made that th» death of the raai\ Alley ( AocMaajd, wild have been prevented bad Jf» wwmrwiHt&tkHj in to tha placing i a eei xttwtei 1 the hatch oomh--mgi» be«ct edited, ■ Vfts. no such recommsßdatioa, Whaik ft w jiroposecj to do tis? tettw, WW, to * r«gu-. l»fens provi&W that th* vmft and the fcre-anctaitet > w should V» Nm&Tti ■sfthwt KM fOffig «[ tha hikhes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16996, 1 November 1918, Page 5
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