HOW HOLLAND DOES IT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3, 30 April 1912, Page 4

HOW HOLLAND DOES IT.

In view of the fact that stringent legislation is likely to bo passed in reference to the supply of boats, etc., on ocean going liners, as a result of the Titanic disaster, it may be interesting to mention how well our Dutch friends have solved this problem. Mr Carlyle Smythe informs the Christchurch Press that on the Netherlands Company’s steamers, trading from Rotterdam to Batavia and elsewhere, as soon as a passenger has given up Ids ticket on hoard he is supplied with another ticket, actually alloting him a particular scat in a particular ship’s boat, so that he shall know exactly where ho is to go in the event of an accident occurring and passengers being obliged to leave the ship. More than this, the boat drill on board these steamers is not tire farce which is so often seen on British liners, but is very practical and thorough, even the passengers being drilled as to the part they have to take. This seems an example worth following, although it is only fair to bear in mind that the Netherlands vessels do not carry nearly so many passenger; as the English liners, and therefore have much less difficulty in providing boat accommodation for all.