A second.' .seismograph, a . Hnlmo.Taggar shock-observer! has been, .installed by the Dominion Observatory at New Plymouth to act ad ■ a .elipek upon tlio iinstriliuont nt tho Esi'w !•*)“ month gaol. . It. is believed, reports the .“Taranaki Daily flew?,7 That tjilaftlo .fm Carrington., road elTeom the -hill on. which the gaol is situated, and for tlud i eason the seismograph stationed there does not gfy o an accurate .’record.. The new instrument is‘ in the charge - of Mr. Mcrshead anti' is at present .working in the whitlow .of a. Devon street shop, -where.' .it. is stated, the traffic does not affect, it. The observations made on the instrument., will bo sent to the Dominion Observatory in. Wellington. . ' . .•' '
Tho • Boston heavyweight boxer .Tack Sharkey, despite' his failure to secure world’s cLanipjoiistrip honors, is .now. sitting hack in a, palatial li.omb near Boston (Mass.) with an income of £12,000 a year from bends in, which', ho mve’sted his money. He received £6 a mohth as a sailor before he started boxing. . ' f TV
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11592, 18 March 1932, Page 7
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