SEAWORTHINESS OF SHIPS.
ROYAL COMMISSION WANTED
!Elec. Tel Copyright—United Press Assn.: (Received Julv 10, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 10, A conference of representatives of maritime unions, representing 33,000 members, carried resolutions demanding , a. Royal Commission to enquire into the foundering of the, Sumatra and other vessels, with power to cover every activity in relation to shipping; also that it be an instruction to all members to immediately notify the secretary of their union of anything of a suspicious nature tending to make a vessel unseaworthy.
THE HARTINGTON’S FIRE
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION,
(Received July 10, 11.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, July 10. An enquiry into the Harrington fire has concluded, the chief evidence being that the outbreak was due to Durban coal, ‘which is considered inflammable and liable to spontaneous combustion.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16174, 10 July 1923, Page 3
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