A HURRICANE

Grey River Argus, 24 November 1910, Page 3

A HURRICANE

400 VESSELS LOST

1000 PERSONS PERISH

SARGON, Nov 22

During- a hurricane at Rwang-ujyai 400 vessels were lost and 1000 persons perished. ,

STRIKE OF FIREMEN

STEAMER DELAYED

SYDNEY, Nov 23

The Island steamer Levuka, which should have sailed yesterday, was delayed owing to a strike among the firemen.

SHIPPING CABLEGRAMS

(Per Independent Cable Service). LONDON, Nov 11. It is reported that the Cunard Company has decided to build a -first large liner to be propelled by oil" fuel. It >'-s known that the new steamship for which the Hamburg-American line has, placed an order in one of the German yards, and which is to eclipse the Whnte Star liner Olympic, in bo'-n I size and speed, will also use oil fuel. The Admiralty contemplate building a fleet of boats on the hydroplane principle. It is proposed to begin w ; >th a small type of vessel especially adapted for picket, duty and coast defence, and to work up to a larger size, which would be suitable for use a? destroyersand which would be capable of ca<rrying and launching aeroplanes at sea, and of being' utilised for scou'ej ring purposes in case of emergency. 1.1-t'is thought -that the first fleet of S hydroplane's a^U •unques£iqnably be launched by England. (Hydroplanes are the latest type of motor-iracing 'craft; They are very short, and of ■ the "skimming-dish" class, being shallow but beamy, and perfectly ' flat-bottomed. They resemble a baking-dish canted up for'ard when going fast, and when equipped with powerful motors are capable of extraordinary speed.) ; TOKIO, Nov 11.