THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
11l K PASSING (S'l'KAMliß. This opportunity for extra profit ill rough economy in running expenses explains the shipowner's rapid adoption of tlce motor—hip. It may not he long before we watch tl:o unusual spectacle ip a steamer nulling much as we now watc h thi> arrival or departure ol a sail-ing-vessel. The stoker and his rag may he soon a rare sight ; and when the obstinate tradition of steam surrenders its funnels, as il is beginning to do, when masts are replaced hy derricks which call lie lowered to the deck, no shall look at a motor-liner with puzzled surprise at. first, and then with dawning ro'ognition and amusement; (or we shall see something rather like the Xoak's Ark of the world’s childhood and our own.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1925, Page 2
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130THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1925, Page 2
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