London, Mar. 20.
Stricter penalties for overload. ing ships are urged in the report of the Merchant Shipping. Advisory Committee issued to-day.
The report points out that the present penalty of £100 is sometimes considerably less than the extra freight gained through overloading.
It is further suggested that a Master convicted of overloading should be liable to have his eer tificate suspended or cancelled.
The International Conference of. Shipowners in London, after. conferring for three days, unanimous ly passed a resolution in favour the establishment of an Internation-
'The delegates are informing' their respective Governments of the
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