A WRETCHED WARSHIP.
The Black Prince is likely to proye a vaiiVablo. acquisition to .the British navy, for'wbon she was about to start on her trial trip last week it was found impos* , sible to move her anchor by: means of the engines, and,, ai a .last resource, : the capstan hatl to be used, whicH is consi^ 1 dered a highly dangerous and objectionable expedient. " The .defect of the ship has been woll-known.ever since her last . commission, but no steps, whatever has" been taken to remedy it. As we have already invested largely' m guos that won't go off, bayonets that double up, rotten stores, flour composed of chalk, it is perfectly m accordance with service traditions to build ships that cannot be induced to start. %: * '
(BLEOTEIO TELEGBAPH.^— OOPrRtaHT) ; (rKOTER'B TELEGRAMS.) . - • • Bombay, August i. It has been decided to proceed with the fortification of Herat, and a hninber of British, officers have been detained to proceed to work as quick as possible.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 60, 10 August 1885, Page 2
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162A WRETCHED WARSHIP. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 60, 10 August 1885, Page 2
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