Page 3 Advertisements Column 3

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 75, 24 April 1909, Page 3

Wht'n Tmk ami Braithwaiie 1 the steamer Charles Ivlward ami 11,1- «h*ow I'ruroa respectively, sonic time' ago |say-< the Wa;igatmi Chronicle). I opinion* varied a- to whether eiijjer of these ve«;*eN would be salved. Il *ec||j>. however. that both vt'litnros have proved un.-uccessi'ul. One final attempt, it is understood, will be made to shift 1 lie* Charles Edward by moans nf large pontoons, il bi'ing impo"»ibh> to pump her ( drv. owing to the ureal number of leaks in* her. All the pumping "ear on d.-vk I lian been removed, and if lliis attempt ! ( lines not prove successful. tlr.'ie wilt be! ! nothing else for the purchasers to do | ■ lull to'shift her with dvuamite. Owing, to the position in which she at pi".sent | I lies, the river channel is gradually being I deflected to the southward, thus making .it a difficult matter, especially for sail-I I in'; vessels, to negotiate it. As to the I'ruroa. a visit paid to her on Sunday | found that great havoc had been done i:i the vessel's intvrnal economy by (he mizzen-mapd {which fell >ome days ago), j in conjunction with the heavy sea-. All the decking round about it right to .tile *l.m:» lujs been bj-oken ipyay. Imiying a piping hole, into which the seas arc | breaking. Merely the stays of the two remaining masts are keeping the remains |of the vessel together. As much a? possible of the masts, spars, •winches. | etc., is being salved, but after the wxt spring tides are over there will he little to see of this once line scow hut scattered wreckage. Special railway carriages for dogs, fitted with hot-water pipes and mal - 1 resse.s, are to be provided in Vrussia. l-'orly pounds is Oll'ered by the .Motor Kngineering Societv of Vienna for an Apparatus .which will limit the speed of anv motor to liV/g miles an hour. There arc over 25U0 motor-cabs In London.