ALLEGED OVERCROWDING.
ON BOARD AN EMIGRANT SHIP. A TRAVELLER’S COMPLAINT. London; January 3. 1( A traveller by an Australian liner writes to the Times that a vessel licensed hy the Board of Trade to carry 5/30, • actually carried, 85. first-class liAj??ongers, 810 steerage,, and .200 . of ,i crew. He,|states that all emigrant shins are siitpjaj'ly overcrowded since assisted hayo been .given. > ANY OVERCROWDING SAID TO BE IMPOSSIBLE. BOARD OF TRiSO)E PRECAUTIONS (Received 4. 10.35 a.m.) .vRp Loudon, January 3. In' connection with the alleged overcrowding of immigrant ships the “Pall Mall Ohzette’’, after Inquiry at. official quarters, - • explains that th ! e traveller: evidently' overlooked the fact that the steamers license does not aj>ply whon'she becomes' an emigrant ship. The Board of Trade’s supervision makes overcrowding impossible.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 18, 4 January 1912, Page 6
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126ALLEGED OVERCROWDING. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 18, 4 January 1912, Page 6
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