SAFEGUARDS AT SEA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 254, 27 October 1939, Page 5

SAFEGUARDS AT SEA

PASSENGERS ON H ATfMES LINER UNDER CONVOY. I' t 7 AUCKLAND, Oct. 25. Co-operation by passengers on a f liner in taking turns on look-out duty was described by Mr. F. H. Gifford. h Auckland manager of the New Zealand Shipping Company, who has returned from a visit to Great Britain. Mr. Gifford said that as part of the 0 routine carried out under Admiralty orders on all British ships all male 11 passengers were assigned duty for 1 about two hours each on the promenade deck. The call was responded to v cheerfully, the work being carried out 1 both in the Atlantic and the Pacific * stages of the voyage. The guard against submarine attack was also strengthened by doubling the fore- J _ castle watch. Gas masks were distributed when passengers embarked on the liner and s were retained by the ship on the com- s pletion of the voyage, continued Mr. c Gifford. Among other precautions j taken at sea was a complete “black- r out” from dusk until dawn, all lights s except those in the interior of the vessel being heavily obscured. One effect of the safeguards taken at sea was to make passengers feel more secure. Security was also assured by convoy and other anti-sub-I marine measures taken at certain a stages of the voyage d