MONSTER WARSHIPS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 678, 1 December 1909, Page 7

MONSTER WARSHIPS.

"PEACE SAFEGUARDS."

GERMANY'S; IMPROVED DREADNOUGHT;

, ; PRINCE'S SPEECH. . • (By Tclecrapli.-l'rcss Aufnclatlnni-OnprrlililJ : .. (Rec. December 1, 0.35 a.m.) |.ondon, November 30. Renter's Berlin correspondent reports that Piinco ■ EHol-Friodrich .-(the r Kaiser's second son), representing, the Knisor at the launching of- Germany's improved Dreadnought; the Thnringia, declared, that the systematic development of the , German High. Seas Fleet was tho best guarantee-of peace and tho tranquil expansion of industry. Tbo fleet was, becoming ovor more -tho. vehicle of tho Imperial idea j wherever tho flag was flown, wherever there are joyous festivities, or wherever serious w6rk has won honour,' renown, and . received the ac- i knowiedgment of the whole world. ; . : I -...'>•■ INCREASE IN FRENCH ESTIMATES. . ... . (Rec. December 1, 0.35 a.m.) ■..-'■■ ... Paris, November 30.. ■ The French Naval Estimates for tho new yoar show-an increase of a million, and a half sterling. ■ .'" -. ■■'.• ■: [The French navalestimategVlast year were so in round figures'this year's Estimates may be taken, to Iμ nearly fifteen millions.].; .... ■ ■ . . .' ' " '■, >" THE LATEST IN BATTLESHIPS AND cruisers; ,' - v ■ ORION AND LION LAID DOWN. : / .; : ■■..;,.■ London, Novembor 29. The keel-plates have, been laid df Britain's first super-Dreadnought, the Orion (at Portsmouth), and of the Dreadnoughteruiscr Lion (at Dovonport). ; ■ :, '. ! ■ •■';'■■■ Tho Orion will have a tonnage.of 23,000. The Lion /will.have engines .capablo lot developing 70,000- horse-power, and will be 100 feet longer, than' the Indefatigable (which is-an improved Indomitable). ,'■ ...;:;. - ; : . I.'.' : '■.'.'.. '. ; THE GIANTS; COMPARED., ■:■- Accordiug to previous cablegrams,' and .to forecasts' published in' English papers, ■ the latest '.British' super-battleship and-, supercruiser conipare as under: , .-..■"• ..!•,.',. ; ~; : . ■'■«, . ■'■ ■ . .'/ ! .Orion, ; . ' Lion..: ' -.- ;■'■'.'■.' ! ~ ' ..: 560 ft :; ' \ 70Dft.* V :■'.'■'.'.. . : - . ;■. ,' 8eam..... ■ 86ft. : ■'.■ ; \ —. ' •-■'. ' .■: . '■-■ : ..Tonuagi, 23,000 ~.."''' 2(5,350* ' : ' v . .Big guns Ton 13J-inch Eight 12 r inch■■'■":•' ... Speed;... '21-22 knots' : 28 kuots : :'.■'■."■'.■ *A previous cablegram ■ gave-the length pi the Lion as..7ooft. . (making/, her tho longest warship ever laid down), but to-day's cablegram'states that she is "100 ft. ionger than tho Indefatigable" (the latter's length beiiig stated in tho text books at 570 ft.).: Whether the Lion is 700 ft. or < 670 ft.: long, she is a huge structure. The'great length (as compared: with the superbattleship) is a concession ito speed require-' monts, it being, necessary, to builds mammoth high-speed cruisers on '."tine" lines. •'■■..' " The Orion is 30ft. longer than the! recentlylaunchod Dreadnought-battleship Neptune, and her extra, tonnage .is 2750. The /weight of the Orion's .broadside of !■ ten 13.5-incb. -guns'lias been estimated et 13,0001b. The-broadsido 'of tho twelve 12-inch ,guns, of the/latest design of - German super-Dreadnotight has been stated' at uwCOlb., but these' figures are "not official.'.' ;>! :; 'v^'va:':-:iv i ;.'.FlßES>:;A'7'v;^v'^ ;? "^ '~;/:,-: THE BLAZE ■! '■ : >]';■ (By TeleEraph.-Bneeial Correspondent.) : ■ ..-. '':[■:'■ -'-; .' ■'■" •'■ Carterton^November.'3o^' : .The onginof.tho ftro , reported yesterday was m Mr. .■ Lust's tailor, shop, ■ where a • keroseiio lamp, set fire to .the workroom. ; The'room was dry, and burnt in an incredibly .'short time. Mr. Lust was outside at tho time, and when he came in it.wasimposeibje to get into the workroom. Mrs. and Hiss Joiies, who. were staying •in. thoiihouse, rah: upstairs to : :theii .foom : to trr;to get some of. their effects-out,-but had to make a hurried descent by way of the tank stand, the stairs.and floor: of-their room catehmgi fire : almost immediately. Tho'alarm ; was' sounded on, the school -bell, but- for a ,tihie rip •notice was taken of it, everyone taking if for tho usual "sohool bell. When- the brigade arrived,, they -quickly' got two leads playing on the.-building.; Tho pressure-,6n the hose, however, was' insufficient to.' raise:-the-water high onough, 'and although the' menS worked under wet blankets, they were "unablo. to approach ; near enough to work-with advantage. It, v;as eoon seen that the jJwmises.'of'Mr. Waters/ baker, and "Messrs.' Saunders,' general merchants, wero.in danger. -The furniture:was rapidly-moved from tho former building, and lit was soon burning fiercely. , . : Hero 1 -ngnin. the want..of pressure handicapped-.".the /brigade.' Only ra: limited portion of the wall-could -bo reached; with the water, and- it. was' presently seen that it was uselees to-try and '.save the building. ,- All "the available water was- then concentrated, upon Sairndcrs's shop, r and, after a fairly long.struggle,; the building was saved. Crawford's.Eoyal Hotel anU'Allen's.smithy, on. the opposite ■ side of: the' road, were indanger for some turio, but, owing to:the-wind-'keeping-from the ..east—a'very rare decurrenee here-r----they did riot catch. The .brigade,-, under , Cap-' ' tain;-Better, worked well with\ the. supply' of water: available. i ; .■ ;■:;.:.':■■'..::::'-

;;';■:' -:'-■ OHTBEEAK AT PETONE.Y ;'•...;": ;' , At.Peto'ne on Monday, a sinalU'iiro broke- out in ; a ;two-story'wooden building occupied 1 by C.. J. Hollard; and .-used', as,'a washhouso' ana storeroom. \ The IPetonoil'iro Brigade;' under .Deputy-Superintendent Ryder, ' quickly extinguished tlio flames,, tho damage. dorio amounting to.only about ,£3. ..It is thought that tho firo was caused by some wood falling-from a fare undei^the boiler;.in the,washhbuse. ; ,,,; ' ,■;.■;::.. vTWO/CITT CALLS. I- '■,;■: ■■.■;■" •:' o The. Fire Brigade; answered: two • calls7last evening. .'The first' jyas to an • unoccupied shop and; dwelling'h6use, ! 22l : Inge'stre' Street, where some paper was' found to be burning, caused apparcntly.,by'sonic ohildreiTat.pjay.- Tho .fire was.quickly extinguished; the doniago being extremely small;./At 9125 p.m., the'ibrigade Was called to 42 Aro : Stro6t, a seven-roomed dwelling occupied by' Mr. W.iAbbptfc.v Here ; again the damage ,was' trifling,.' a email. portion, of ;tbe .wall-in a recess under the stairs boing charred. .The cause, of the outbreak is unknoivn. .' .

At 1,50 a.m. yesterday the Wellington City Fire Brigade received a! call to Brooklyn. When they reached; tho: suburb they found that the outbreak, which was in Luks's grocery 'store,- Ohiro Road,-i had been got well under control Vby ; the Brooklyn Volunteer 'Kre Brigade, under Foreman Armstrong. l v Muck damage was done,- both. ,by tiro and -water, : to tho building,- which /consisted-of a shop and three rooms, practically • all' the stock being destroyed. -.Had; it not been' -ior the '■'■ efforts of the'volunteer -fire brigade, tho flames would probably have spread; to: the '-adjacent wooden buildings. The building, which was owned by Messrs. W.. and A. Perkins, was insured for .£SOO in the' London and Lancashire office, the stock in tho store being; covered bv a noliov for .8400. in the Stato. office.- ' V ■' -.v ■:' ' "

The simplicity of action and'great effective, nessof the Minima* Hand Tiro Extinguisher have been proved by the actual suppression if numerous fires. A.' T. Bato, Nathan's- Buildings, Wellington, is tho ogont—Advt.' : .