PRESS COMMENT.
BOARD OF TRADE'S NEGLECT. ''THE •TIDES" ON THE SPEED • : . , QUESTION. (Kec. July 31, 11 p.m.)' v London, .Tilly 31. , "The Times" demurs at the words of the chief finding of the Titanic inquiry, and . ,declares that the Titanic collision was duo to the course steeredj not less than to the excessive speeds It'i t-he .object hud been -sighted in time the speed'was immaterial. The report declares that an extra lookout man should have been placed at the stem-head, and a. sharp look-out should have been kept on both sides of ■ the bridge. "The Times" adds that, apart from theso points, the report is masterly, thorough, lucid, dispassionate, and firm. "The Tillies''' and other newspapers emphasise tlio finding which blames the Hoard of Trade for its omission to revise the rules of 18'Jt relating to boat accommodation.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1507, 1 August 1912, Page 5
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138PRESS COMMENT. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1507, 1 August 1912, Page 5
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