OFFICIAL WIRELESS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1929, Page 3

OFFICIAL WIRELESS

-MAJOR SEGRAVE. I’ll INCH TO ATTEXI) \YELC<)AIE HOME BANQi r.T. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. April 3. It is understood that the Prince of Wales will attend the home-coming banquet on Alondnytweek at the Royal Automobile Club to .Major M. 0. J). Segrave, on his return from America after bringing back for Britain tbe world’s land speed record of 281 miles an liour. .Major S-cgrnve, in bis motorboat .Miss England, also won the Harm.swortb Intermitionnl Motor-Boat Trophy during his .stay in America. All hranches of the motor industry are participating in preparations for welcoming him. Aeroplanes will probably take part in the demonstration of welcome when the Olympic, on which .Major Segrave is travelling to England, reaches Southampton AYater. PORT OF SOUTHAAIPTON. GREAT EXTENSION SCHEME. RUGBA 7 , April 5. The rapid increase in tonnage of the port of Southampton is causing the Southern Railway to consider methodsof, accelerating the completion of the £18,(100,()()() dock extension scheme-. Work lias been proceeding under, pres-' -sure for -some time on the fir«t portion ol the scheme, which provides 4000 ft. of additional berth space, and twenty of the world’s largest liners will he able, to berth at the same time. One hundred and-seventy acres of inud-laml is being reclaimed, involving the removal of 10,000,000 fans of soil, and the plant employed includes the largest dredger in the world.