RESERVED LIFEBOAT SEATS.
During tho inquiry into the loss oi the Titanic by tho Commission over which Lord Mersey presided, the suggestion was. thrown but that seats in the -lifeboats should bo numbered in accordance with tho passenger's ticket. That proposal has found favour with one of the Japanese steamship companies, a coupon being attached to tho regular ticket "reserving" a seat in a certain lifeboat for the holder, who is requested immediately upon going aboard to become- familiar with the location of his boat and the place that has been allotted to him.
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13756, 23 June 1913, Page 2
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94RESERVED LIFEBOAT SEATS. Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13756, 23 June 1913, Page 2
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