WORLD'S NAVIES ABOLISHED.'

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 10, 7 June 1901, Page 2

WORLD'S NAVIES ABOLISHED.'

Mr.. Hudson Maxim,'the distinguish-: ed inventor, lately caused a profound sensation in >Tew York by announcing; in an address that his new high explosive,_ called Maximite, wouid revolutionire warfare and cause the abolition ;of all .the world's great navies. He-said; the-nest .-six months a test at Sandy Hook will result in the destruct-'1 ion at one ; akot of the target built of the strongest Kruppised plate, twelve' inches thick, and as large as a modern" battleship.. A projectile containing, this explosive will be held .at velocity of five thousand feet per second.' Mr. Maxim further announced that ke had invented a substance called motorite which will be used for the propulsion of his new war craft. known '"as the, aufomobile torpedo. This vessel, hei said, would run under water at thei-ate of three-quarters of a mile per minute,' and would be operated by two nien.

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1 - ' ' 1 Tne Sahai'ene Arabs, aecordiiag to ': General Daumas, have a singular' j .method of .arriving at the character, or 1 at least of the speed and staying rjoweiv of / a horse "by measurement. ■ They measure with the hand from the ex-tremity-of the dock to the middle of the withers, and take note, of the num-j ber of palms. They then begin again from the middle of the withers to the; extremity of the upper lip, . passing between the ears. If the number of. pabn-; behind is greater than ia front the horse will have no 'go* in him;: but if the number of palms between the withers sxnd the extremity of the upper lip is more than the number from the tail to the withers, they as-! sert that you may rest assured the animal will have great qualities. The more the number differ, to the advantage of the fore-pa-it the greater will be the value of the horse.