THE "FIND" OF LIFEBELTS.
;;;.';} WERE : : TEEI) TEI3, DUCO'S? r : ■-::•■ ~*'( Br' TeleErapi.—Press .Aasbciation.)'';.' ;>-', '■; SChristchurcli,. February) M.r with'the finding.ok;the North'-Newr Brighton .Beach' on Thursday, of "a number of. lifebelts, Mrj-N.' Johansen,: the - finder,' brought • one:of ■' the•: life-, belts - to:.: Christohurch to-day', v It -was;' of. ordinary-:make, .consisting, .of 'blocksV of. cork : covered ..with ; white, ; material ■, like' duck, with straps, through., which to place ■the'.arms. iOn portions..of <tie,: lifebelt: were ■ markings; in: purple ,ink,:; and ; they appeared to have been , , put on !byi means ofastencil; -.To the nakedeye the marks, 'werev/practically j : undecipherable,; .and even"7when ; a'magnifying glass .was ■ neei' the being ; distinct. ?" After' : considerable examination' it, was; :(iong!itLthat^'the^wori-;;'Puco , '; , ooTdd i, be .mWe^otit^but-thefniarks'; are ; : sp'-.indis; -could '.not'rbt : certain':that :^'they; ; had-'correctly'',inter-preted : them.:,.'Mr. ;Jbhansen':'stated. that in f -all ;he has picked npthirty ; 'i lifebelts..
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 4
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128THE "FIND" OF LIFEBELTS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 4
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