ANOTHER HUGE REMINDER.
■ ■Sir,—When: the ill-fated steamer Wairarapa met a.similar fate:to tho unfortunate Pen-' :guin,;there was.'the samo. difficulty, oxperi-" eliced in obtaining a correct list of those Who embarked, as ; we: have to-day. I, suggested in".; a local. paper -itliat shipping authorities should be cqmpolled by .-law .to. leave behind in every port-of departure the names of all on board; This, like, ovoi-y suggestion which is likely to.causa a litcio :extra:trouble and '•'expehw.'.-niay .have' opposition. But- I-think public opinion on this occasion will force forward the re-form. ~l.trust, sir, that your able rpcn.iwill.'beused in', this direction until 'we: have, such a law in,tho Dominion. Need I refer to the .terrible '-'doubt and anxiety of the many who. bdlioved' that some dear one may have been on the unfortunato Penguin? —I amy.Gtc.,". : '- ' . .--'■. • : :^'v- ;;; ■'•■■•-■" J ' rE3. •" .February 16; 1909; \'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 434, 17 February 1909, Page 9
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137ANOTHER HUGE REMINDER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 434, 17 February 1909, Page 9
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