SHIPPING LAW.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7, 14 August 1912, Page 7

SHIPPING LAW.

COMPVLSOKY BOAT DRILL. ASSIOTANCE IN DI-TKF" The lessons of the Titanic disaster are evUent o> aa ameudmeH-: of the Shipping aril Seamen’s Art introduced by the Hon. E. M B- Ksher Minister of Mariner, and read a first tiure isi Farliaasent last week. Under a penalty of £5O for ttegleet of the provis-00. the bill -tipulat- s at the master of every iutervoSouirl or Home trade ship shall cause his view to be property exercised iu Grat dri r at times to be specified l»y regulation, and an officer of the Marine IVepartsnetst or Customs has the right to be present, or to inspect the entries regarding boat drill, which will have to b» made ia the otlreial I-sg. The must ■_ ersoi in charge «f a . ■ ' ■ . .. - ■ -.- out serious danger to t’<- own -hip. her -.-- ■ -X ■ ' ' ’ sistance to every person, even if sneh pers mb is « -i’ ; t f a for gn State - witl His Majc sty. ■ho is f . ’ at sea sa danger of being lost, sal if hr ' . to do - < rmmits .. erii The liability of ship owners t • lu.’.k-. good les? or damage, or i • - individuals for personal injuries sustained through eollisian, is more specifically defined Gusts i-' ; statutes, ■nd the* i* I . that, if, having regard to ail the < r- : t - - tis : .- - ’ nt . _; Where loss of .>,■ or persona! injuries are suffered by any pers n on board a ship owing .- f that ■ ■ shij ships, tl . rw - ft - ■ ■ be joint and several. The measure is being introduced in the legislature of the varices self-governing Office.