The Methodist Sunday School spent a delightful day aH the an--nual_ picnic in the Waiopehu Scenic Reserve on Tuesday. A report of the day's proceedings, together with an appreciative note by. one of those present on the arboreal beauties of the res- _ erve will appear in Saturday's issue. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their Levin sale last week, when they offered a fair yarding of cattle- They quote : I'at cows, £9 15s to £12 10s; forward cows to £9; empty store cows to £7; cows with calves to £8 10s; yearling steers to £G 18s; M.S. weaners to £2 10; potter bulls £12, £14 Gs, to £17 2s Gd.
In connection with the electricallycontrolled boat, whicli it was announced had been destroyed off the Belgian coast a little time ago, the following information has been supplied officially by the British Admiralty:—"The elec-trically-controlled motor boats used on the Belgian coast are twin petrolengined vessels partially closed in and travel at a high speed. They carry a drum with between thirty and fifty miles of insulated single core cable, through which the boat is controlled electrically. The fore part carried a considerable chargo of high explosive, probably from 3001b to 500 lb weight. After the engine has bsen started the crew leave the A seaplane protected by a strong fighting patrol, then accompanies the vessel at a distance of three to live miles, and signals to the shore operator the helm to give the'vessel. The boat is zigzagged while running; this may bo either intentional or unintentional. On being steered into a ship the charge is exploded automatically. The device is a very old one. A boat similarly controlled was usefl in H.M.S. Yernon (the torpedo experimental ship) as far buck as ISSS. The only new foatures in the German boats are petrol engines ami wireless telegraph signals, neither of w'lijji existed then."
The event, thai everybody has been looking forvvrd to—"Clark's Summer Sale" begins Friday 25th, tomorrow. *
It. rr.itv be years before you will have suel) a chance to buy Drapery and Clothing a( bedrock prices—Clark's Sale begins tomorrow, Shop early. *
Eventually you will u'e TAX-O/I; to renovate' and pol sh your floorcloth and furniture. Why not now ? Get a tin to-day.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 24 January 1918, Page 3
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