WONDERFUL NEW SHELL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1390, 23 November 1918, Page 3

WONDERFUL NEW SHELL.

INTENTION Of AN ENGLISH VILLAGE WATCHMAKER. A new shell which was extensively used with groat success by the French in the recent offensive is said to be of British invention Like many another man whose discoveries have startled the world (says the Star), the inventor is of obscure station -a small watchmaker in a little Buckinghamshire village, unknown to the outside world, completely indifferent to tame, and content so long as he can vain a moderate living I'm- himself and lo's wife.. Ir is said dial he made the discover} purely bj ncci,irl„. The shell was elaborated and per ftcted. Then it was olW'd to our own authorities. The usual coi rcsp.-mdenee followed Delay follow, d delay., and obstacle on obstacle and at length tin authorities "turned it down.' 1 The uald.makcr, convinced of the value of his discovery, and undaunted, offered the shell '" 'be French. It was immediately accepted. The watchmaker was sitting in his «hop. „].,(., in c.ve, cxaminini! n watch a lev days ago. A man in a blue doiible-brcasteu suit entered. "Arc yon Mr —"'" be asked. "Yes," replied the watchmaker. "My name I- Ccddes—Sir Erio Geddcs','" said the visitor, "and I have come to see you regarding this shell of yours." Representatives of several other Government Departments have called on the watchmaker and questioned him about his discovery. He is siill to be seen in his shop, apparently oblivious of the fame which must eventually come to him.