NEW ZEALAND'S BATTLESHIP.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) OHRISTCHURiOH, Friday. Sir Joseph Ward stated to-day that, in regard to the battleship to be presented by New Zealand to the Motherland, he had made arrangements with the Admiralty to invite tenders for the building of it in the same manner that its own vessels were constructed. On receipt of the tenders, they would be cabled out by the High Commissioner to the New Zealand Government, which, on receipt of the offer, would, decide which tender should "be accepted.
A fatal accident occurred at the Daylesford Gold Mines Company's mine on November 3. At about 1.30 a.m. an over-winding accident occurred, which took the tank to the poppetheads. A braceman was dispatched by George Drew, an engine-driver, to inform the' mine manager, and when the manager and braceman. returned,. Drew" could not bo found. Some time afterwards, however, his dead body was discovered underneath the crank of the ■winding engine. His head was badly crushed, ifeew tw » married man, •bout 65 yean of age.
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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 271, 13 November 1909, Page 5
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170NEW ZEALAND'S BATTLESHIP. Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 271, 13 November 1909, Page 5
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