, - Pr/.\Yilhsay, superintendent of tho National 'Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, says that," thouglr-thoy had not yet adopted wireless holography for communicating with tho fishing - fleets, it wa3 possible, indeed probathatj.this system of keeping in touch with.them would bo adopted. ; Ina ccrtain part of America,' and at Inarctaoro, in Mexico, instead of pence, they uso tal(o3 of. soap stamped witn tho maker's name,-'-ahd also the namo of the . town in which', it'.as manufactured. One can wash one's hands -"with it as frequently a3 ono wishes, ' aud so long as the stamp is visiblo the' soap,'passes as current coin. "/'Messrs. Tliornoyoroft's 33-knot destroyer Tartar 'has omorp;od successfully from tho 'ordeal -of her twenty-four hours' fuel consumption oflicial trial.' On her full power-trial;'if-way ho recalled, she maintained a speed 'of--35.363 knots for six hours, her fastest single run'over the measured mile nt tlib.Maplins' working out at the rato of 47.037 knots. On tho consumption trial tho stipulated speed jvas 13 knots. The actual speed wis 13.105, and tho consumption of tne Thomeycroft boilers using oil fuel was within tho limit prescribed by the contract,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 165, 6 April 1908, Page 11
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