ELECTRIC SHIP. LONDON,
April 13
The first of three electrically driven ships ordered in England by the United Fruit Company of Boston was launch, cd vesterdav by Messrs < ammeil, Laird, and Co.. Ltd., from their yard at Birkenhead. The vessel. La Plnya. is propelled by 4-cylinder Diesel engines directly coupled to generators supplying continuous current, and her speed is 14 knots Great economy in cargo space is effected l.y this type of machinery. 34 YEARS’ PRISON FOR £lO. LONDON. April 1? When James Mack. «>, labourer, was charged at the Old Bailey yesterday. with stealing a purse, containing £1 17s from a woman hoarding a tramway ear at Walthamstow, a detective said that the man had spent 34 years j„ prison. He had been convicted -0 times, hut the total value of everything he had stolen was only about £lO.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1923, Page 3
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139ELECTRIC SHIP. LONDON, Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1923, Page 3
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