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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1087, 7 September 1904, Page 2

Lessons of ilia war: notes from tlte Eniiiiie Room The most reliable nnd interesting information which has yet come to hand respecting tho condition of the Japanese and Russian warships after ondiiring tho stross of war for several months is published in tho current number of tho Eugiueor. The facts aro given on tho authority of officers in tho Far East, who are iu a position to know, and thoy show that sevoral important lessons hivo already been de-» monstrated by tho lighting outside Port Arthur. Briefly stated, they are as follows :—- .1. Tho impact of heavy projectiles has a stroiij! tendency to affect tho alignment of machinery by shceli, bu' less effect than u>i|{ht havo boon expected upon boilers, whether wnler-lubo or cylindrical, Only direct hits scorned to htiyo affootod 2. All small ships, especially torpodo crafi,wear out quickly, and loose heavily in spued ns Iho result ofharil work. il, Tho dotprioration of big ships is considerably less. ■l. Disablement of mnchinery by guulire is quitoimprobablo; partial injury is nil that is to bo foarod, fi. Cylindrical boilors havo proved in. forior to wator-tubes, or at any rato to the Bollcvillo varioty, (i, It has not boou possible to uiaiu* tain full speed for any longth of time in eilhorlloot, ihoapli tliolkyan is said to havo once steamed niuo. hours at top speed. It is doduocd from this that coal economy is ovon moro important ally than slrnlcgically. With regard to tho dauiago sufferod by the licet, tlio report says that not a single Japanoseship is now ablo to stoam at its original speed. Loss of water v,as ciporionccd in the IwatO|iiftor anoxloiißive hit during tho uattlo of February 1), Hor boilors are of tho Bollovillo type. Sho would seem to havo boon hit in the region of tho boiler room, but tho stoam ng capacity was not affected to any client, This ship is at present good for 21 knots. Tho epoed of tho Asama has sunk to 18 knots, or thereabouts

The Stratford corrnspoudant of the Taruuaki Herald says: "Whon we read the ndvortiscuisnt of our Borough Counoil culling applications for the post of slaughterman at tho abattoir with a Balary of 200 guinea i a year and a free houao, it sots us wonder* ing why pavouta giyc their sous a High School and University odiioation to qualify them for a lohool-teacherahip at £IOO a year and a bunk in the poroh,"