PERILS OF AN INVENTOR.
Received January 11, 10.19 p.m. LONDON, January 11. Mr Austin, the Victorian inventor, who has submitted his invention to the War Office, informed interviewers that twice attempts were made to search himself and his cabin aboard the steamer Mongolia, but the efforts failed. "£He did not keep an appointment to land at Marseilles: A man who went in his stead was knocked on the head, and searched. Germans and Japanese approached Mr Austin in London, vainly urging him to disclose the secrets whereby he claimed to be able to sight big guns with absolute accuracy up to a range of twelve miles.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8331, 12 January 1907, Page 5
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106PERILS OF AN INVENTOR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8331, 12 January 1907, Page 5
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