INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
BILLS OF. LADING
THE HAGUE RECOMMENDATIONS.
Frees Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.
LONDON, September 9. Mr Ashbolt has informed the Australian Press Association that the general adoption by The Hague Conference of the bill of lading proposal six weeks ago is practically assured. The British, American, and Continental delegates—including rofresentatives of the principal British maritime, mercantile, banking, and insurance interests—all recommended its adoption. Mr Ashbolt believes that this ■will nullify the Imperial Committee’s report of March 22. Shipping Companies will probably be influenced by a desire to escape legislation which is threatened in several countries. The conference preferred voluntary action. Mr Ashbolt is of opinion that _ The Hague recommendations are superior, from a shipper’s point of view, to the Australian Sea Carriage Act, although they would involve some unimportant amendments to that Act to bring it into conformity with The Hague rules. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18348, 12 September 1921, Page 5
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