SAFETY AT SEA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 41, 11 October 1912, Page 4

SAFETY AT SEA.

As one result of the Titanic disaster a.j Bill to compel the institution of wire- 1 loss telegraphy on certain classes of; ships has been prepared by the Brit- 1 ish Board of Trade in consultation i with the Post Office and the Admiralty. } The Bill, however, will not lie consid-1 ered until after the proposed interna- • tional negotiations on safety of life , at sea, unless undue delay in such ne-j gotiations taking place occurs. 'A cir-; cular lias been issued hy the Board to i masters of vessels pointing out that | under the Maritime Conventions Act of 1911 it is a misdemeanour not to go to the assistance of vessels in distress when it is possible to do so. Steps have been taken hy the Board to deal with the question of improving the existing arrangements for reporting the movement of ice in the North Atlantic, and they are in consultation with the hydrographic department of the Admiralty, the Meteorological office, and other authorities with this object. As to steamship routes and the'Speed of steamships in the vicinity ,o£, ice,, these questions wilLj.be the subject ■ of* ‘international discussion. ‘ Lffid Mersey apd; the Advisory ■ Gommjttee urge the' importance : in regarp jto , thq j questions: affecting 1 safety > at issa •that a common international line'’of action should ; he agreed on in, order 'to' ohtaih uhiforiiiity ot act|<jh. and|international erforcdmentf i, ii ~ ; b U