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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 160, 7 July 1909, Page 3

.'.Mr John Low, foreman. o.f worke ilk--.' the Kail way Department, .who has been '■ promoted ''in, GSreymouth, was'entertaiai Saturday evening bjr;abput";.2s<) members jsf jther Itailway. \M^.:ppeVe^«f^^& i^a^'Ki%ome__- _gol3' , " ! ■watch; .-■-.-;■-..:- .- . _i' .v.:.:._! 1 A &c occurred - yesterdayC-,:afternoon in : a", house'in rßoserroa}!, cupied' by Mr '■ "Waite '■■ and "owned, by. :Mt; Clongh. 'Theffee iff'Bupposed- to: have : originated ■■ through' .-.■* ~; spark ~ -ignitingsome clothes which were'drying, before the Sre/and, ■when-discovered,' it had »■ fairly .firm; -hold? The Gjey \pynn. "Fir* Brigade , • spene • immediately and -soon 'had-the outbreak quelled:' >3?he damage which-is. covered by a policy in tie-^New--2ealajid-Offioie for £225,* is estimated;at .between £80 and £100.- It not "yet, laipwn.whether whict damaged by" ■waterj is insuiSd. - -: At'tnV.Centrar Mission 'Sa&, this aitep-; noon, Mrs.. W;.. -jot England,, de; ■ liy«red:. a. temperance address under ,tae, auspices; Auckland, v -th.§; W.e.T.U.i- She congratulated t-Jte -women' of 2few: .i of their-.work—-the. w.qmen's;^vote t _;and the•• closing.-^qf-.-iob-rhotels :.last months' She ■•■ told- a littler alsoj S H>f'~ thV effofrte niadeVin England ■to cope.with the-drink l trade. • In - this connection she mentioned ■rescue • work -in- the • etreeis'-Jind--in-the public hbusesj- -and • the establishment • .of temperance places to-counteract the atr tractaon,-of. public tflpss ■organiser of;the Auckland.brancn, also delivered an-address. _^ r :. .I" ' Dr. Tresidder^-of Onehungay-reporfectj to-day "-to that -a ■ chili named EonaMaclcerras ha3--been ■ founi, dead: in _ted this r morning, at The" '"child," whiefi 'Tvas the daughter" of James Sfufray'-Mackerfas,' a fesident"of,; Penrose;" was' bbm'on June 13' last; beingquife healthy from 'birth."; Dr.. Tresiddefr considers' that'the suffocated' thfougii'"being" overlain "by , ;ite mothers; whilst in.bed: ■ The' facts, nave been re-; ported to the CorDßer/XMr; A. RrHatris) ;V and. aii. at .iljHL?u.,.tQTmcjir i p_w ; { . j_.-:-/. ':-l^\ :'".Anotneri'.new..i^i^ifis Bas;been : invented", by a person resident in New, Zealand: TT-:Mr. E.iAwho recently arrived •from, the i.Olj|; Country. Mr.- ■Earnshaw'sl idea is" a ; boat'which can be made of any size, to holdrfrom one io'fifty -persons; it is^un-- , sinkable, and'cahnot be overturned: 'The hull; it- is : explained;- consists -of ■■■ two' halves, 'divided by a-longitudinal tunneV within which-e'an endless chain carrying: paddles, is so , adapted: as' torrotate- round a pair -of-"rollers by- means "of *■ a ; eranfe shaft", and"pedals "frorif the; 'tunnel"intp the" null of "the"bdat. ! Buoy- '■ ancy-is obtained by cork flbate attached; to each "side" of the Hull, and' airtight chambers extend - ffoin the 'keel to- the top of the hull.at the eteni and stern. r It' is'claime'd tbfat in th'e'event ot a person falling overboard,.' a small lifeboat. could; be- thrown after him; and be used in this; same, manner/as a .iife-belfc ;•' Also .it can' be:put ; over 'the side" of a'ship withbut.water, it.will , not-sink. Oarsarenot-usedrso,. that one; person can use the paddles'and-steer-the; boat jat the; same time.; : ; ; ' ' ; ~"