A garden feto in connection with the Free 5 Kindergarten Union will be hold in Mrs. Den- ( ton's grounds, I'crnhill, Woolcombo Street, j this afternoon. j AVli.it is claimed to bo a non-capsizable 1 lifeboat has been invented and patented by Mr. H. Jackson, of Kilbirnie. The in volition is in the form of a cylinder, perfectly watertight, and containing' another cylinder. » Air is supplied to the occupants by means of ' a number of valves opening when the boot f is above water and closing automatically if 1 the craft is submerged. The inner cylinder 0 revolves on ball bearings so as to retain its ( equilibrium whatever the position may bo. Tlis inventor has pxpresscd_ his willingness j to 0 sot adrift with his wife nnd children nfc any place ill the Straits so as to domoji- t skate tlic wifofci' o! *ha lifoboaU v
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 455, 13 March 1909, Page 7
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145Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 455, 13 March 1909, Page 7
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