—Admiral Sir Henry Jackeon, who is about to bo promoted to the ritnk ot Admiral of tho Tleot, nearly succeeded in forestalling Marconi in tho invention of wireless telegraphy. As long ago as lS9j ho succeeded in Bending wireless messages from, ono end of a torpedo-boat to the other. Ho tells rather a good story, by the way,_oi a.middy. "When I was your age," said an old sea-captain to him, "I was a sub-lieutenant." "Yes, sir," reolied the boy; "bub, then, is it not a. fact "that tho navy "was never so efficient as it ia to-day?" WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS acts directly anf pleasantly vgs)& ibe Jjladdsx-jestl Judaea,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17688, 28 July 1919, Page 4
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107Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Daily Times, Issue 17688, 28 July 1919, Page 4
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