RATS AND SHIP'S HAWSERS.
. U.S.S. CO.'S NEW APPLIANCE. ; - f.'An iiiginious contrivance in the'shaped of a rat-trap and disc combined has; just/ I been exhibited'on the Uniori.liner Marama. The. apparatus, which 'is ,the. invention of Mr. H. L. Worthinjjton, mar- >- ine engineer, of Sydney,' is not only to prevent "rats going: to and from ' shore along a ship's hawser/but to effectually trap any rodents making the at-, tempt..' Theiinventionj.'whichi has;been favourably reported, upon) consists of' a rat-,trap fitted between two 24in, •, disc's. - Combining strength with" lightness," V the apparatus is of simple- and' Will fit. any' sizs hawser, being held l in ; pbsition by' powerful steel - springs. l iWhilst'. the old-fashioned discs'keep fats'on board; ship, the new appliance allows them to migrate' from* the vessel through the disc: only, to find - themselves ;the next" instant '• securely cbnfined 'in tho trap, whichis large enough to'accommodate a number' at the one time. The efficacy of tho apparatus having been satisfactorily testpa, it is now being fitted to the steamers of the Union line. ,
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1060, 24 February 1911, Page 4
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