FIRES ON WOOL SHIPS.
COMMISSION’S REPORT. Press Association. WELLINGTON, last night. ’ Tlio report of tlio AVool Fires Commission laid before tho House to-day recommends: —(1) That it be compulsory on shippers to have the nature or class of their wool~ ! ®Bfearly marked on the outside of each bale; (2) that sheepskins should bo inspected under the same conditions as
wool; (3) that tow should be inspected under the same conditions as wool; (4) That flax and tow should be covered, if possible, with material less inflammable than hessian; (5) that wool should not be stored with oil, fat, tallow, tow, or flax, or in contact with packages containing any of these products, or in contact with any other material more readily combustible than wool itself; (6) that in our opinion every ship carrying cargo wholly or partly composed of wool, flax, tow, or other combustible matter, should be fitted with adequate chemical fire extinguishing system.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2125, 6 July 1907, Page 1
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155FIRES ON WOOL SHIPS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2125, 6 July 1907, Page 1
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