Mr Plimsoll Once More.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7202, 10 February 1892, Page 2

Mr Plimsoll Once More.

Oncb more the veteran haa Bounded the war horn against over-loading of chips. While men are refusing to believe in the possibility of the murder theory at Pahiatua, which imputes to the possible murderer the awful crime of killing a company in order to strike one or two, Mr Flimsoll is, in old manner, reminding na that men are capable of sending to their deaths whole companies with none of whom have they any cause of quarrel at all. In relation to this Bubject a contemporary has remarked that the " Plimsoll mark," which is supposed to be the modern presentment of the cherub that looks after "poor Jack" is a delusion, inasmuch as the law permits the eaid mark to be placed alongside of the cherub of ancient days. Mr Flimsoll seems to be very much of the same opinion. We only hope he may get the deliberate overloading of ships made a capital offence. We are too squeamish nowadays; we ought to hang every man who sends a Bhip to sea in unseaworthy condition. Up with him without remorse, to the nearest yard arm ! He is a criminal of the, very first water. Those who starve poor Jack by keeping down the quality of his provisions, and cheating him of the due weight by bad steelyards— their fate should be imprisonment for not lesß than ten years, without any remission for good behavionr, on precisely the Bame fare. Man's inhumanity to man is nowhere so great as on the high seaa.