SAFETY FIRST

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 97, 18 January 1935, Page 8

SAFETY FIRST

General Regulations For Harbours INFLAMMABLE CARGO General harbour regulations were gazetted yesterday and immediately came into force. They till twenty-four pages of the “New Zealand Gazette,” and cover ail the interests and services of the Dominion’s harbours. Many of the regulations have been in operation for years and are merely consolidated; others have been extended to meet the rapid changes in trading conditions during recent years, particularly as regards the loading or landing of petrol, both in containers and in bulk. The innumerable provisions aim at securing “safety first,” the precautionary conditions being necessarily drastic in order to prevent lire or explosion. For those whose business takes them to the waterside, but may not be familiar with all the regulations, it is rather a pity that the new up-to-date regulations have not been specially marked in the publication, either by italics or by marginal notes. There is no guide for those who may want to know the law aud keep within its limits.' But since provision has been made for the erection of danger signals and prominent warnings on wharves or in ships where inflammable cargo is stored, the public no doubt quickly will learn the purpose of the revised regulations, as far, as safety of lives and property is Concerned.