CABLE LAYING.
SUBMARINE SURVEYS. By C»We—Press AMMiatio*—Copyright Received 25, 12.5 a.m. Sydney, January 24. The greatest depth obtained by the Iris during the survey for the new cable was 2700 fathoms. Soundings were taken at intervals for twenty miles in a zigzag direction. The bottom in temperate water proved normal, and samples of the sea bottom showed that it consisted mostly of globigerina ooze.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 177, 25 January 1912, Page 5
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64CABLE LAYING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 177, 25 January 1912, Page 5
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