STANDARD OF SHIPS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19799, 21 November 1927, Page 9

STANDARD OF SHIPS.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION EXPERIENCE SINCE WAR. (British Official Wireless.) (Received November 19, 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. RUGBY, Nov. 18. With reference to the proposed International Conference in London in 1928, to amend the convention of 1914 regarding the safety of life at sea, the Board of Trade's memorandum says an international standard for ocean-going passenger ships was agreed to in January, 1914, but owing to the war and other causes it has not yet been put into operation as the international standard. In the meantime conditions have altered, and additional experience has been gained by all the maritime Powers. If, therefore, the international standard of safety of life at sea is to be brought into operation, it requires to be brought up to date. The British authorities are accordingly laying before the other countries the result of their experience since 1914, with suggestions as to the direction in which the convention of that year might with advantage be amended. The subject matter is technical and complicated, but it has been divided in the memorandum under the following headings :—Ships, life-saving appliances, wireless telegraphy, fire extinguishing appliances and collision regulations.