SHIPPING LEGISLATION
[Bt Telegraph.] , ■■ ;q Wellington, Awgujt 13. Followiug i« the report of the; Select Gotnmittet on B'iipping Legipkt^a. which was read in the Ilouao yesterday ;— ' The Shipping Legislatfon Gomtni[tee ' ap. • pointed to inquire"»rhaL araendme»tß j(if any) should be introduced into our shipping legislation hare the honor to fep6rt that, having taken' erirVence (wh.ch accampuiiet . tul^iervort). on tjhe subjeo 1 . and dei»b«rated thereupon, they- bWre a-gwWl-tS ihe following resolutions, which they hare the honor to report to the House : —
1. That no ■-terimer tra li'i;r •••' <:>" ' >; '• i.i<t. ;\}f .six:y f'>:is -''"'I 11,'V.u'- « ' ul i ■■: p r•(•JiiLtwi to leave r. p.jti with') it f ■•.- d •<:": ihnnds at l-ri«t ; that in ste:imors .>f .".', v}u } .\ and upwards it is deiirftblo thru ;h<ve sho'ii 1 -in addition lo .1 master anJ the pr.»p.;i ir>iiil)«r of cre«-, be ft firetand .second raa": mil «•; in theca.se of short voyage?, ivb?n permisMpa may be pmnlfiil by the Customs aul'-iori'ies to diapense with a second mate. pver-loadins of ve.«ael.§^f limsoll's mitk sbonlil 1 r 4>r: fixtd by the Maiin**tjfq||rir4in':nt iS #jcordnucc with 3 fixed rule ri'ade b.^ Uh; f)«'-jjai-Lyj^ijU jsnd tlntj bftnide.^ the (Jaalons .iTitiiofi'i ies lie prijVn e .f To u s'«c^h'af'B'sVe*»cl sliall lcr\Te^pvt wiib.this mark >-übmerged. •1. Tliat fittefitmii "oii^ht specially oe paid tr. buo fcaworthy chnrac(er of the 1-oals on '• nr.l^r>!f ali^ea-goin^ vcsielsj j>ad tliat tbey <l»bbt to be'»o swuD^as to b^perfecily ac-(■o^-i blc and otherwise ready- tot apy fenaer- -- :K '. r - / -r. "V '"i "). That in ad. H 1 ion l^*tßo" n"^i: 'i^mjoiiut of !ifc-b\io\s anl o: her ■ life-saving apyMratua, it should he en.ictrd thnk e»ory pawperbcarinfr vcsfl cliaH' be bft'.ind>to have a lifehflr. or jsiukct fur r ; vjerj'.rpnsset»;jcr tue resscl i< lifrti>e 1 to carry, and for each of :ho. officer! mid crew ; thi* lifebelt in steamer-i to be Irinrr up in every sleeping berth n.ad a label [h intingout its poßition piinted ou the same. Tiiia roinmitteeh»v»thelipnor^« recommend that, these resoluttons b" thken into t-tMisiilerati'on by the GH\'erfim*nt with a vicn- of iinending the Sliif»pih^/and Seaman's Act, 1877,^'n the direction 'ln.licated at the earliest possible date. . ,- i
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Southland Times, Issue 4095, 15 August 1881, Page 2
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344SHIPPING LEGISLATION Southland Times, Issue 4095, 15 August 1881, Page 2
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