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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 164, 1 October 1927, Page 2

SHIPPING U : NION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. LIMITED SAILINGS (Circumstances Permitting) NEW PLYMOUTH (from Onebunga). Ngapuhi .. .. Monday and Thursdays GISBORNE AND NAPIER (Cargo Only.) Waimea Every Tuesday. WELLINGTON TO LYTTELTON Wahine .. Mon., Wed.. Prl. Maori .. .. •• .. Tues., Thors., Sat. At 7.45 p.m. Berths booked Auckland Office. WELLINGTON TO PICTON Tamahine .. Mon. Wed. Fri., 3 p.m. SYDNEY (from Auckland). ♦Marama Friday October 14, 3 p.m. .Maheno Friday October 28 11 a.m. SYDNEY (from Wellington) Maheno Friday October 14 •Marama Friday October 28 MELBOURNE DIRECT FROM WELLINGTON Manuka Saturday October 15 FIJI, TONGA, SAMOA Tofua Saturday October 8 11 a.m. Every four weeks thereafter. TRANS-x'ACIFIG SERVICES (Booking for all Canadian, United States and European Points). To SUVA, HONOLULU, VICTORIA (8.C.), VANCOUVER. (from Auckland) •R.M.M.S. Aorangi Tuesday October 25 ♦R.M.S. Niagara Tuesday November 22 RAROTONGA, TAHITI. AND SAN FRANCISCO (from Wellington). •R.M.S. Makura Tuesday October 11 ♦R.M.S., Tahiti Tuesday Nov. 8 AUCKLAND TO SYDNEY R.M.M.S. Aorangi Monday Oct. 10, 11 p.m. •Passengers in three classes. WELLINGTON LYTTELTON DUNEDIN and TIMARU (Cargo Only) Wingatui Tuesday October 3 H UDDART PARKER LINE. (Circumstances Permitting.) FOR SYDNEY (from Auckland) ULIMAROA Friday, Oct. 7. FOR SYDNEY (from Wellington) ULIMAROA Friday., October 21 Fitted with Wireless Telegraphy. Surgeon Carried. Office: QUAY ST. (Opp. Queen's Wharf). Phone 43-183. JJOW Y OU AN AD A? CROSSING In 1926 the Canadian National Railways Service led the way by over £ 19,000,000 in revenue. Our Service has merited the support and confidence it has. received from all over the world. All passengers who contcsmplate travelling via Canada by the R.M.S. NIAGARA. R.M.M.S. AORANGI. .should make inquiries about the Canadian National Service and Routing. The C.A. Line to Vancouver, CANADIAN NATIONAL across Canada to Montreal, or New York. Cunard or White Star Line to Europe. QANADLAN RATIONAL RAILWAYS 21 FERRY BUILDINGS, AUCKLAND. WE ARE BOOKING NOW FOR 1928. TRAVEL WITH THE SUM AUCKLANDHELENSVILLE THE SUN SERVICE Leaves Auckland 3 p.m. Mon. to Sat.; Sunday, 11 a.m., via Henderson, ss; Swanson, 6s; Taupaki, 6s 6d; Kumeu, 7s; Huapai, 7s 6d; Helensville, Ss. Return, 14s. Bookings, THE SUN, 46-820. Laird’s Bathgate House, Helensville, phone 155; private phone, Auckland, 43-318. Leaves Bathgate House Hotel, 5.30 a.m. Leaves Helensville P. 0., 10.0 a.m. Arrives Auckland, 12.30 p.m. MANTELL’S MARAETAI-AUCKLAND THE SUN SERVICE MOTOR SERVICE. LEAVES MARAETAI DAILY, 8 A.M., EXCEPT TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, 1 P.M. LEAVES SUN OFFICE DAILY, 3.45. Whitford, 3s 6d single, 6s return. Maraetai, 7s single, 10s return. PARCEL RATES—71b, Gd; 141 b, Is; 2Slb, Is 6d; other rates by arrangement. EXTRA TRIP. LEAVES MARAETAI, MONDAY, 5 A.M. Other Trips by Arrangement. Phone Maraetai Post Office, or SUN, 46-S2O. J. MANTELL, Proprietor. OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH.— The oxy-acetylene torch had come into its own for cutting and welding metals above water and at first efforts were made to adapt this torch for work tinder water. Records and reports show that on several jobs fairly good results were obtained in limited depths. In practically all of these cases an ordinary oxy-acetylene torch was used with some means or apparatus to displace the water from the immediate vicinity of the cutting flame and the metal where it was acting. In 1918, Ralph E. Chapman and John W. Kirk took out a patent on a method for cutting metals under water. This method combines the heat of the arc with the oxidising effect of a stream of oxygen under high pressure. The under-water cutting apparatus consists of a generating unit, switchboard, and resistance, a supply of oxygen. oxygen gauge and hose, and the double conductor hose through which both oxygen and electricity are carried to the torch. The torch itself consists of a carbon electrode 12in long clamped into a brass holder at one end. Extending through this electrode are two copper tubes. At one end these tubes are also clamped in the brass holder and at the other they terminate at the tip of the electrode. When the diver strikes an arc with this torch under water the oxygen is released through the arc ar.d forced upon the molten metal. Cuttyig starts immediately and the speed poS&ible depends upon the current available and the facility with which the diver can work.