According to a circular received by _tho Minister for Marine from tho United States Deportment of Commerce and labour (issued on June 15 last), Congress has enacted that from July 1 last it shall bs unlawful for any ocean-going steamer of the United States, or of any foreign country, carrying pwjengcTS and carrying fifty or more persons, including passengers and crew, to leave any port of the United States unless such steamer shall bo equipped with an efficient apparatus, for radio-communication, in good working order, in charge of a person skilled in tho uso of such apparatus, which apparatus shall bo copable of transmitting and receiving messages over a distance of at lcnrf one hundred miles, night or day. The provision does not apply to vessels trading between ports less than 200 miles apart.- Tho penalty ou conviction for a breach of the Act is a fino of not moro than 5000 dollars. Tho full regulations
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1264, 20 October 1911, Page 4
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156Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1264, 20 October 1911, Page 4
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