The activities of a residont of ono of tho seasido resorts near Christchurch in connection with the building of a motor yacht recently aroused sorao suspicion in the minds of other residents, especially in view of tho facts that the yacht-builder was a. German, that shipbuilding was not his ordinary (tvocation, and that the yacht was to bo fitted with a fairly high-poworcd engine, states the "Press." Whatever tho objects were for which tho yacht was hems; built, the authorities (loomed it expedient to stop the work of construction and to intern the yachtbuilder on Somes Island, where lio was conveyed towards tho end of last week. THAT'S s\ Good Idoa.—Porhaps you aro of an inventive turn of mind—got a pood i<loa now, maybo! It is perhaps worth a lot K, Plenty of simplo schemed linvo netlwl many thousands of pounds for the persona who thought of thorn. Yours may biinj» a linndsomo return. Don't liiiglect it. Writo for froo boolclnt, "Advico to Invontors." Hnnry ITiiuhw, Ltd., 157 Featliorstoii Slrcot, Wellington. '-Advt.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 78, 26 December 1917, Page 4
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172Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 78, 26 December 1917, Page 4
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