The New Seamanship. MARINE EXAMINATION FOR CAPTAIN OF SEAGOING PASSENGER LINER.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 51, 13 May 1899, Page 1

The New Seamanship. MARINE EXAMINATION FOR CAPTAIN OF SEAGOING PASSENGER LINER.

( h\ti acted fiom a fnithcommg Government Gazette.) 1 Givp the common names of thg follow ing hieioghphic signs — wz , A, B, G ;— and pxp'ain the picton.il appe.iianre they possess to seamen who aie unable to wi ite. "2 An.i.ige a Piemiei, a Minister, and an Fximiner in a £*i\en wav, and piove by l'ci mutations and Combinations that the usulting liule of Tlnee can eifeet a com))lpte solution of any pioblem in this Papei . o ( Pi\o'ain the full meaning of the following pi^p^sition fiom Mi Scobie Mackenzie's Litest speech : "Theie«ie2 Jones' in the case " Show bv lecogmsed algobiaic turns that " Jones 2 " would be a moie (onect foimula than " 2 Jones," and also that if A equals one Jones and B the otLoi, then A 2 plus B 2 equals X vbeie X lepiesents the pioduct of the equaling of the other two. i It \om pnjfineei bleaks his shovel and cannot stoke any moie, descube buefly how \\onld woik youi paddles until the luncheon mtenal. 9 /i I'iove bv the mles of Her Maiesty's Hoise M.umes that the expiessions " Communication," '•intimation," "statement" " lepiesentation," and " negotiation " do not apply when the medium employed has been the te'egraph, and can be denied if otheiwi&e inconvenient to acknowledge. (Show, incidentally, that the intiicate woiking of wiies is an essential element in the Manne depaitmet, and that wneless telegi.iphy would be opposed to the best inteiests of candidates). (■ If vom ciew thiows a lope and misses the post thiee times in succession, under what

maiine regulations are you justified in explaining to him that he' has cloa> ly inntaken his vocation as ciew of an ocean liner. 7- Demonstrate the absence of any integral squill e roots in the Maiine department, and show conveisely how its units aie leduced to the power of one. 8. If T equals a tugboatman, S equals seamanship, C equals the command of the Channel Squndion, piove by politico-marine equations that T — S equals C. 9. On a given line one inch in length descnbe a squaie. From a given point within the square descnbe a cncle tangential mtei 101 ly to the sides of the square. In any space within the cucle de^enbe all you know about ocean navigation. (Give your leasons for concluding that it would be unsuitable to describe this on the squaie.) 10. What steps would you adopt in your interior saloon airangements — (1) to 'give yourpassengeis standing exercise without danger to the upper deck ; (2) to piowde for penodical absorption of bilge-watei ; (3) to keep the lamp oil out of the soup? State how many bucketsful of coal you would insist on your owners supplying for the homewaid voyage in addition to the Havboni Board minimum of thieequaiteis of a, ton ' 11. Show by lecent examples that the answers to the pieceding (and all othei) questions depend upon whether you aie on your oath oi meiely on your stump. [Note for Candidates.— The answeis to the above aie kept in type at the Mmistiy of Marine and can be had any time before next election on piesentation of a Cabinet oidei. Candidates will please obtain the latter by telegiaph, in ordei to facilitate any desnable denials. The answers to the following, howe\er, if satisfactory, will be accepted in lieu of all the above, which in such case ma,y be neglected.] 12. What colour aie you, dear boy "> 13. What did \ou do about last election, eh, you logue "> 14. What do you intend doing at the next one, old man ? [By Older.] (From Otago Daily Times.)