PERILS OF THE DEEP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19254, 17 February 1926, Page 11

PERILS OF THE DEEP.

EFFECT OF WIRELESS STRIKE. LABOUR PAPER'S FEARS. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Feb. IS. The Labour, paper, the Daily Herald, says there is grave danger attaching to the fact that 1300 British vessels are now going to sea without wireless operators. The paper says the commanders of the most powerful liners report the roughest ocean conditions that have been known for 40 years, and the leviathans of the deep are arriving days late. Nobody can help but have very grave misgivings regarding the fate of niany of the smaller vessels which are now at sea when huge liners cannot make more than six "knots aglinst the gales, says the Herald. It asks what is happening to the tiny tramps which have been deprived of their only means of calling for help. Terrible tragedies may" happen on the high seas. Several ships are already overdue. NO COURT OF INQUIRY. MINISTER GIVES REASONS. (Received 10.5 p.m.) Renter. LONDON. Feb. 15. The Minister of Labour, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, stated in the House of Commons that he had refused to appoint a commission of inquiry into the marine wireless dispute. His reason was that such a Court was only empowered to inquire into circumstances, not to lay down terms of settlement. The Minister said the issue had been narrowed down as a result of the negotiations which took place last week. He had asked both sides to meet again without delay.