MARVEL IN STEAM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 311, 8 January 1908, Page 4

MARVEL IN STEAM.

TURBINE EXPECTED TO BREAK ALL RECORDS. London, November 6. A Swiss engineer named Cortliesy, who •has lived in this country lor several years, has patented a remarkable model of a turbine engine which, it is claimed, will revolutionise marine engineering. A workng model, wheh weighs only 301b5., develops 12 h.-p, when driven at 4000 revolutions a minute, and 10 li.-p. at 3000. The patentee proposes purchasing an obsolete torpedo-boat, which he intends to fit with the new type of engine, and send it down hte Clyde at a speed hitherti unknown. The invention has been patented in every country, and a company to work it has been registered at Somerset House. Poetry,

NISW PLYMOUTH CALEDONIAN®' SDCIKTY. NiKW ZKAI.AN! i (' 11A M P roXSTTTT" ATHi.Ks.U :\i ]•; iO'l l.'v, Ti. In 1 lit: u in UIC RECREATION ht'UUXS UROIiND, TVcw riymontli. Wednesday, FEBRUARY l"J, ISOS. Under the rules of the N.Z. Athletic Union and N.Z. League of Wheelmen. PROGRAMME: Running Provincial Maiden Race, 150 yards, Ist 30s, second 10e; nomination 2s. Half-Mile Handicap, Ist 100b, 2nd 30s; nomination 3s, acceptance 2b. One-Mile Handicap, Ist 100s, 2nd 30s i nomination 3s, acceptance 2e. GRAND CALEDONIAN HANDICAP, of £SO cash (three distances).—l2o yards, Ist 100s, 2nd 40s, 3rd 20s; 220 yards, Ist 100s, 2nd 40s, 3rd 20s; 440 yds, 100s, 2nd 40s, 3rd 20s; witli added points prize of Ist 3405, 2nd 120s, 3rd 60s; nomination 10s, acceptance ss. Forced Handicap, 220 yards, Ist 40s, 2nd 10s; winners 2s, losers Is. Championship Events: CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW ZEALAND, 100 yards, Ist gold medal and 40s. 2nd 20s; nomination 2s. CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW ZEALAND, 440 yards, Ist gold medal and 6G,j, 2nd 20s; nomination 3a. CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW ZEALAI'A, 880 yards, Ist gold medal and t<J\ 2nd 20a; nomination 3s. Cycling. Novi#e Handicap, one mile, Ist 30s, 2nri 10s; nomination 2s. One Mile, open, Ist 80s, 2nd 20s, 3rd life; nomination 2s, acceptance 2s. One Mile and a-half, open, of £9 lie, Ist 80s and Messrs E. Reynolds and Co.'s £4 4s trophy), 2nd 20a, 3id 10s; nomination 3s, acceptance 25.. DOMINION WHEEL RACE, 2 miles, of £2O 5s caßh, let 280s, 2nd 80s, 3id 38s, 4th 10s; nomination 10s, acceptance 4s. Highland Events. Bagpipe Music, marches, Ist 60b, 2nJ 208; nomination 2s. Bagpipe Music, Strathspeys and Reek, Ist 60s, 2nd 20s; nomination 2s. Highland Fling in costume, open, Ist 40i, 2nd 10s; nomination 2s. Sword Dance in costume, open, Ist 40s, 2nd 10s; nomination 2s. Highland Fling for boys under 16, Ist 20s or gold medal, 2nd ss; nomination free. Highland Fling for girls under 16, Ist 20s or gold medal, 2nd ss; nomination free, Sword Dance for boys under 19, lai 20s or gold medal, 2nd ss; nominaJ tion .free. Sword Dance for girls under 16, Ibt 20s or gold medal, 2nd ss; nomination free. Reel for boys and girls under 16, 10s for j best boy dancer, and 10s for best girl dancer; nomination free. Special Prize (medal) for most points iii piping and dancing (adults); present•!<l by Mr. F. J. McLean. j NOMINATIONS close on sth February, 1908; Handicaps appear about 17th February. t Winners after declaration 4iay be re-handicapped. ; Last two years' performances to accompany each nomination, and to be made on the 'New Zealand Athletic l>nion forms. If no performances for the last t-wa years, the last five performances to be gii'en. Competitors for all, except boys' and girls' events, must be registered with some centre or Society affiliated to the New Zealand Athletic Union, or reciprocal body in Australia. Every competitor must be registered by New, Zealand Athletic Union. No entry will be received from any person disqualified or suspended by the New Zealand Athletic Union, or from any defaulter. • Points in the Caledonian Handicap to count 3, 2 and 1. In the event of a tie, run ofT to be over 220 yards. Handicappers—Mr Ulic Shannon, Wellington, assisted by Mr W. McDonald, Dunedin. JAMES McLEOD, Secretary P.O. Box 87, New Plymouth.