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Show uu ' m RULES F0R SHIPS Titanic Investigation to Cause Greater Measures Meas-ures for Safety. London, July 31. D Sydney Buxton, Bux-ton, president of the board of trade, announced In the house of commons today that the board had framed now rules governing safety precautions on merchant vessels, based -on the recommendation rec-ommendation of the committee which had considered the Titanic disaster. The new ruleB, said Mr. Buxton, must bo approved bj the house of commons beforo tholr adoption. The rules, he continued, would bo announced an-nounced during the parliamentary recess re-cess and would como up bofore the house of commons early next ses-blon. ses-blon. Several newspapers hero assert that the board of trade Is entirely ln tho hands of tho shipping interests and cannot be expected to act Impartially. Impartial-ly. oo |