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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 1st, 1912.

BOVRIL

GOVRIL

For Health and Beauty

MONTSERRAT

A simple kindly flavour, gently

stimulating the healthy processes of the body, is characteristic of

Montserrat Lime Juicë. Made only

from

cultivated 'imes. It is the most natural

and perfect drink for constant use in hot weather.

Supplied in two forms:

Unsweetened, ie, Pure Lime Juice. Sweetened, fe., Lime Juice Cordial.

Sold by all leading Storekeepers.

End, upwards

of

34 years,

£100 GIVEN

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2 pairs cherming old Lace Design Curtains, Sirda, loog. 60les, wide, worth 5.8 per pair.

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391-2

The Looms, NOTTINGHAM, England. - 662

BUILT FOR THE FAR EAST. An absolutely smooth running and durable machine.

A pleasure to the eye-a pleasure to ride.

Cost from

$70

only,

complete and ready to ride.

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(made by the Dunlop Co.), has free wheel, two brakes.

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34 years.

TO BE SURE the Teeth are so important that it would be a pity to neglect them—especially when you can clean them so well and so easily with

Calvert's Tooth Powder

Your local dealer stocks and sells it. Makers: F. C. Calvert & Co., Manchester, England.

470

BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRIES INTO'

causes

SHIPPING CASUALTIES,

THE EXISTING MACHINERY.

It is rather surprising, says the Times of the 30th ult., that so much ignorancs has been shown since the loss of the Titanic respecting Wreck Inquiries, for the subject is one which, from time to time, has occupied much of the attention of the Legislature. In 1836 & Select Com- mittee was appointed to inquire into the and in 1830 of shipwrecks, another Committee was nominated to inquire into the loss of timber-laden ships, while yet again in 1843 a third Select Committee was appointed to con sider the question of the loss of British vessels. A result of these inquiries was that in 1840 provisions were inserted in an Act of that year by which the Board of Trade was empowered to appoint inspectors to inquire into, and report This was the apan, accidents at sea. beginning of the existing legislation and practice in regard to Wreck Inquiries. It was followed by the Mercantile Marine Act of 1850, the 104th section of which enacted that whenever the Board of Trade apprehended that any serious accident occasioning loss of life or pro- perty had accurred on any ship, or that any ship had been lost or sustained material damage, or that the Merchant Shipping Acts had been neglected or lobal disobeyed, it might appoint a examiner, or other proper pereon, as a special inspector to inquire and report. The powers of the Board were enlarged by an amending Act of 1851, and in 1804 came the well-known Consolidation Act, which was in fact a code of shipping law, until it was superseded 40 youre later by the Merchant Shipping Act of 1804. But in the meanwhile the Mer- chant Shipping Act of 1870 and the Shipping Casualties Investigations Act, 1879, had been passed.

Mention has already been made of some early Parliamentary inquiries, in which the question of inquiries into considered. maritima casualties was

on

These were followed by a Select Com- mittee to inquire into the state of Merchant Shipping in 1800, and by the Unseaworthy Royal Commission Ships in 1973. The chief results of these and Parliamentary proceedings were the Permanent Wreck appointment of a Commissioner under the Act of 1876, and of skilled Asactors. For a number of years the energetic personality of the late Mr H. C. Rothery, who was the first and last Permanent Wreck Commis sidner, dominated inquiries into the loun of British ships, and the publicity and care which were given to tluse inquiries unquestionably were of much public value.

APPOINTMENT OF WERCK COMMISSIONERS.

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It is impossible in a short review of this subject to do more than indicate a fyw important points. The first is that. there now exists, the machinery for an impartial and competent tribunal te By investigate maritime casualties: section 486 of the Mercbant Shipping Act, 1994, this inquiry may be held by a Court of Bummary Jurisdiction, in other words, by a magistrate, or by Wreck Commissioner appointed under section 477 by the Lord Chancellor. It is to be regretted that in the case of Wreck Con- important inquiries a missioner has not been appointed for a particular inquiry, as Lord Meracy has recently been, or that one or more Wreck vot permanently Commissionera appointed, one of whom may be selected from time to time to hold an inquiry. Stipendiary magistrates cannot conduct; long inquiries without detriment to their special work, or else with inconvenience to the parties to the inquiry, and it in to be hoped that in future this systom will be followed. It would also, perhaps, be desirable that the Assessors should be appointed directly by the Board of Trade, and not under the provisions of section 106 by the Home Secretary, At present, there is a divided responsibility between the two Departments, as, for example, in regard to the continuation of an Assessor beyond the period of three years for which, under section 467, the It is also Assessors are appointed. evident that, for the purposes of effeient investigation, the Assessors should be well acquainted with all recent developments of marine construction and navigation, since they, as well as the President of the Court, are responsible for the report, and must assent to or dissent from it in writing. It might also be urged that the eounsul employed by the Board of Trade should be appointed by the Departraent, and not by the Attorney-General- and that they should be selected for especial fitness in regard to the special nature of these inquiries.

It has already been said that there exists an efficient system, the result of much Parliamentary energy. Not only is there a Court of First Instanco, with power by section 729 tu summon witness96, who, by the same section, are entitled to their expenses, there is also an appeal under section 475 of the Act of 1894 to the Admiralty Court, a procedure which from time to time har been employed. If not single question had been asked in Parliament, a complete inquiry into the loss of the Titanic under the Merchant Shipping Acts could, and no doubt would, have been held, one based on rules evolved by experience, and on lung existe ing legislation.

Beetham's

Makes the Bkia an SOFT AS VELVET, and keepa 12” BOFT, SMOOTH A WHITE-

the year round.

Removes and preventa Konghaeus, Redness, Irritation, Tas, mic-** COOLING AND REFRESHING DURING THE SUMMER HEAT M. BESTHAM & SON, OHELTENHAM &

ENGLAND

"GUARANTEED

UNDER THE PURE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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On every bottle of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills sold in the United States of America there is placed an extra label, bearing a number and the wordGuaranteed" which denotes that the proprietors of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills guarantee that they contain nothing that is not in strict accordance with the Pure Food and Drugs Act. It is further guaranteed that Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills comply with the regulations of the Department of Health, both as to the standard of purity of the ingredients used in their manufacture, and also that they are a good, wholesome remedy for the purposes they are advertised for. Dr. Morse's Indian Ruot Pills are a purely vegetable sugar. coated medicinal preparation, carefully compounded by experts, and are manu factured on the premises under the direct supervision of the proprietors. The care taken in the production of these Pills. is illustrated by the manner in which they are packed. Instead of being put up in cheap wooden hoxes-that absorb poisonous and other substances they are packed in glass bottles ut a cost of live or six times that of wooden hoxes. The extra cost is more than made up in the satisfaction of knowing that the Pills retch the public just as they let the laboratory, unaffected by moisture or climatic changes and free from contamination by contact with any foreign matter.

They are a perfect Bid Purifier and phattive and permanent. care for titions, Indigestion, Consti putin, Heichés, Sallow Complexion,

Liver and Kidney troubles, les. Koples, Boils and Matches, and for Female Ailments

DR MORSE'S

INDIAN ROOT

FOR

THE LIVER

PILLS

For Sale by WATHING, Ltd.. Wholesale and Retall Agents, and Chemists and Stores generally,

*t 60 cmis per bottle, or will be forwarded on receipt of price by THE W. H. COMSTOCK CO., Ltd., Sole Proprietors 21, Farringdon Avenue. London, England. "THEY DO NOT WEAKEN.

THEY DO NOT SICKER.

THEY DO NOT GRIFE«

STOMALIX

A Tonic, Digestive and Stomachal Kemedy.

STOMACH and BOWEL troubles, even in the most chronic and obstinate pacenN, relieved by increasing the appetite and etisielating the ditestive process, thus enabling the sufferer to digest the food better, and insuring perfect assimilation and nutrition. Stomalle be a pleasant taste; physicians prescribe it.

Enjose an universal reputation of many years' simudian.

Por Sale by all Druggists:

"

Distributing Agents-FRANCIS NEWBERY & SONS, LIA., London, Eng.

AGENTS: A. 8. WATHON & Co., LTD.

186-12

Wolfe's

Schnapps.

Aromatle Schiedam

WOLFE'S

| Seriedern Berriatie Schnappa

TRAN BABATH ASTERATI

INGRAVING OG

& SUPERLATIVE

-

A Refreshing and Exhilarating Drink and valuable Medicinal Beverage in all cases of Malaria,Gravel, Insomnia, Kidney Troubles, Stone in Bladder, Urinary Affections, Colic, Debility, Troubles, Stomachic Diarrhoea, &c.

A glass of Wolfe's Schnapps before meals is an unfailing appetiser, and a refreshing drink and pick-me-up of all times.

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