OIL REFUSE
DISCHARGE AT SEA A CONVENTION DESIRED [ Brili ’ Offi.ial Wireless. J JiCGBY, Nov. 30. T’ initiative of the British Gov- • ruin-nt at. Geneva in duly, 1934, to i-• ire international action regarding the pollution of the sea by oil dis- • liarge was carried a step further yesterday when the League Secretariat published a draft convention on the subject, by which the parties agree ; i re.qxu t that all sea-going vessels, oth»-r than naval vessels carrying crude tn- ! or Diesel oil in bulk as cargo, - as fuel for boilers or engines, make all discharge by such vessels of oil or oily mixtures v.ithin an established experts, which pit th-.j draft, in its accompanying report, urges that the conference • ailed to conclu It the convention -nouid »:-» rtc- mmend to shipowners th• .'t-parators should be fitted on m w vessels wherever practicable. At the last Vsembly several delegations ii - . wiih the British in pressing f -r ♦*arh action to mitigate the harm to fishing, danger to harbours, damage to tourist interests, ami the ihestruction of bird life, for which, oil pollution is responsible.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 283, 3 December 1935, Page 7
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181OIL REFUSE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 283, 3 December 1935, Page 7
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