All about sight tests : Board of Trade Regulations / ... by D.H. Bernard.

  • Bernard, D. H
Date:
[between 1900 and 1909?]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: All about sight tests : Board of Trade Regulations / ... by D.H. Bernard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Court, presided over by Sir Francis Mowatt, G.C.B., assisted by Mr. John Dickinson, a Metro- politan Magistrate, with a similar end in view, with the result that an eminent counsel was retained to support Mr. Trattles, and the case was practically tested by Commander David Wilson-Barker, R.N.R., who declared Mr. Trattles competent to fulfil his duties. A decision was then given by the Court in favour of Mr. Trattles, and the Board of Trade was ordered to pay the costs, which after taxation, amounted to £308. Subsequently Mr. Trattles presented himself for his First Mate’s certificate and passed the examination without difficultv. it is only fair to state here that this case was fought and won by the Imperial Merchant Service Guild. VIEWS OF CERTAIN S.S. LINES. Since that time numerous cases have occurred, and a number of instances are recorded where not only candidates for Board of Trade certificates have failed to pass the examination, but also captains and officers of large liners have been debarred from following their profession on the grounds of imperfect vision. Steamship companies have, during the past year or so, ordered their captains and officers to undergo the sight tests annually, with the result that a number of excellent men have been deprived of their livelihood. A GRAVE INJUSTICE. It is not the purpose of the author to labour largely on this point, but it is essential that evidence shall be put forward in order to show how necessary