A RECORD CARGO
FROZEN MEAT VALUED AT £157,034. t r^, e Hawke's Bay, which sailed for London on. Tuesday, carried a record cargo of frozen meat, purchased by tho Ivew Zealand Governmcnt for tho Imperial authorities. Tho cargo was valued at £157,034, and tho number of carcasses carried whs, 125,627. Tho previous record was held by the Rotarua, which sailed on April 8, with a cargo for the Imperial authorities valued at £115,(28.
An English electrician ba.s estimated that just threo-tenths of a second are required for a signal.to pass through the Atlantic cable, 2700 miles,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2442, 22 April 1915, Page 7
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96A RECORD CARGO Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2442, 22 April 1915, Page 7
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