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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 321, 7 October 1908, Page 8

Captain Hennah, chief custodian of the Government Buildings, who, with Mr. Rissel, of Wellington, invented the auto matic course recorder and indicator described in these columns last week, has cabled from Sydney with reference to a test of the apparatus oil tho Maheno —"All that could be desired; splendid record of trip." Tho course recorder is a chart attached to a compass on which is recorded tho slightest) variation of tho course set, and which gives an alarm on tho vessel veering too much one way or tho other from the course defined By tho officer in chargo. Captain Hennah is said to have conceived tho idea of the recorder after reading of the wreck of the Kia Ora in a fog off Kawhia. , Several sale announcements by Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., appear in this issue. Today, the firm's auctioneers will conduct a horse sale at Mr. P. B. Watts's Stables, Wellington. To-morrow, stock sales will be hold at Palmorston (11.30 a.m.), and Upper Hutt (1 p.m.). On ''Friday, October 1C (11.30 a.m.), stock will be auctioned at Levin. The firm's spring cattle sale at Levin lias been fixed for Friday, October 30, at 11.30 a.m. A full page advertisement by Messrs. Veitch and Allan, tho well-known firm of drapers and. clothiers, of Cuba Street, appears in this issue. Tho advertisement explains itself. The range and variety of the lines to bo submitted at tho firm's spring fair will be of interest to spring shoppers. The sale commences to-morrow, aud continues until Saturday, October 24. Buyers of suburban sections will notice from our auction sale column that T. Kennedy Mncdonald, Limited, will I,old the first salo of 48 sections in the Crofton Downs ilstate (long an absentee property) at (heir Exchange Land Mart, on Wednesday evening, October U, at 7.30 o'clock. Tho subdivision is opposite the Crofton railway station, and tho areas range from about a quarter arro to over half an acre. Special terms of saio aro ottered, viz*: 10 per cent deposit, 10 |cr cent, in six and 18 months, with tlio balance in five years (interest at 5 per cent.). Vho block is one that will bear tho closest inspection, and this the auctioneers urge intending buyers to/' make. Plans can bo obtained on application. An advertisement appears in this issue, calling for competitive designs for a now church at Eemuera (St. Mark's), .4 ucklaud. A concert is announced to take place nt the Assembly Hall, Island 13ay, this evening. Particulars are advortised. A nolico to passengers per R.M.S. lonic, for London, appears iu our advertising columns to-day. An interesting announcement regarding a challenge appears in our advertising column's to-day Irom the Banks's 1 'oiumorcial College. Wood's Great Peppermint (Juro for Coughs and Coldß never fails. Is. Ed, and 2s. Cd. UU