LOSSES AT SEA
BRITISH INVESTIGATIONS WE AK NESSES REV EAI All) ACTION BY GOVERNMENT (British Official Wireless.) Re.c 10 a.m. RIGID > July 19. Speaking on the Board of Trade vote m the House of Commons, Mr. Walter Kunciman mentioned the problem of the 'safety of lives at sea, and referred t (> Ihe losses of the Us worth. Blairgowrie, na. {'reseiita, and Millpool. Tiie wreck commissioner, Lord Mcrrivale, he said, had completed inquiries into three of these eases. There was no reflection in the judgments on the Board of Trade, which had one of the best technical staffs in Die world. There were, tons mam points on which the court issued solemn opinions, namely, steering gear, manning, surveys and the way they had been conducted, and entries in logs. Lord Merrivale believed that the loss of the Usworth was due to the failure of the steering gear, and .lint Imr gear was of a kind which invoiced sj.iciai risks. Immediately he heard the finding, said Mr il unci man, he set up a strong committee to consider the types of main an l auxiliary steering gear lilted oil the iTwort.i anil Biaii gourio. As soon as the Government had the committee’s report, it. would study u, and if necessary act upon it
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18763, 20 July 1935, Page 5
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