WOOL FIRES COMMISSION.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS.' Per Press Association. 'WELLINGTON, July. 5. The report of the."yjTobi-Fires .Commission was lanl before the 'House"'., to-day. 'lt'recommends _" " " '., (1) That'it/'be cbinpulsqry, on shippers to' have the iiqture or.class of their wool clearly ' marked on the outside of each baleV ■■■'' ■'•.'.'■.' '; ""•! '"' ,' " (2) That sheepskins should be inspected under the saiiie: condition as. wool." .'(3)' That tow- should' be' inspected' under the. same conditions as wool."'' ' (4)"Tliait flax and 'tow should be covered if possible with material' less. inflammable than hessian. ■ ■ ■'• '' AS) 'That wool should not be stored with oil, tallow, tow or ; flax, or in con-tact-with packages containing . any of these products, oi- in contact with q,ny " other material more readily combustible than wool itself. '"'-..'' '■■{(> l Thait' iih Our opinion every ship carrying 'cargo wholly or partly composed of wool, flax, tow "or other "combustible material sliould b? fitted with an ade- iqiiafe. chemical flre-extinguishihg sj-stem.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13330, 6 July 1907, Page 5
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149WOOL FIRES COMMISSION. Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13330, 6 July 1907, Page 5
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