["The Overdue S.S. Waratah", The West Australian, Monday 09 August 1909, page 5]
THE OVERDUE S.S. WARATAH.
VESSEL STILL MISSING.
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
London, August 7.
The uncertainty regarding the fate of the s.s. Waratah provides the underwriters with a fresh argument in favour of making it compulsory that all ocean liners shall carry wireless telegraphic apparatus. A Bill now before the United States Congress requires, under a heavy penalty, that all ocean steamers carrying 50 or more passengers shall be equipped with apparatus for transmitting wireless messages. Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, is considering the advisableness of introducing similar legislation in Great Britain.
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