CONTROL OF SMALL CRAFT.
COLLISION REGULATIONS. GREATER KNOWLEDGE NEEDED. [BE TEI^GBATH.—SPECIAL RBPOETER.] WELLINGTON. Friday. Minor collisions between vessels of the launch class continue to occur, and the time has arrived when an elementary knowledge of the collision regulations, etc., should ho demanded of all persons who have charge of such launches, says the Secretary of Marine, Mr. G. C. Godfrey, in his annual report. At present launches which are licensed to carry passengers and cargo may be in charge of persons whose only qualification |M an ability to drive the engine of such vessels. In the interests of safety to life and property it would appear necessary that such persons should be qualified so as to enable them to take proper action to avoid co!\ • lision. The same would apply to pleasure yachts, of which there 13 a large number, and the persons in:chargo of which are not at present required to possess any, knowledge of the •;'eolli&ii>n regulations, etc., or even to show a-'slight ability to avoid collision-if--su-iin becomes imminent. litis matter is now under consideration* i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18813, 13 September 1924, Page 12
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178CONTROL OF SMALL CRAFT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18813, 13 September 1924, Page 12
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