THE BRITISH INQUIRY.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13400, 25 April 1912, Page 5

THE BRITISH INQUIRY.

; LORI) MERSEST APPOINTED COMMISSIONER. SECURING~EVIDENCE. London, April 23. / Mr. Wi'.l Crooks, in the- House of Commons moved the ; adjournment in order to call attention to the necessity of the Board of Trade preventing the offi-. cers, crew, and passengers of the Titanic dispersing bofore they had given evidence at the British inquiry. Mr IKixton, President of the Board of Trade, in replying, promised to subpoena all, but ho said it would be nece^sary to subsidise the poore>r witnesses. Lord Mersey had been appointed Wreck Commissioner, and he would be assisted by assessors. It intended to commonce the investigation directly. The Government was also convening a meeting of British companies to consider precautions pending a revision of'the law. Mr. Crooks then withdrew his motion. Lord Mersey's committee and the Merchant Shipping Advisory Committee . will meet to discuss matters affecting . safety at sK?a, and after receiving their reports, Mr Buxton will decide as to the expediency for a further national or international committee or commission. Meanwhile-.he has ordered, affidavits from America of officors, crew, or passengers, who are not returning to England, of any useful information relating to tho disaster. .