A HOPEFUL VIEW.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 25 September 1909, Page 3

A HOPEFUL VIEW.

. When, -the English mail left London ■' various "theories were heing put forward , - in possible. explanation of the WaYatah s ; " disappearance, -and the reasons-forahope- - .fulness are thus. stated hy.orie fcorrespon dent:— "ln the first place, .the Waratah _ a 1 modern, Clyde-Built ship, constructed to I_oyd.*aJiighest.class,.and.Ji.ayiug seven bulkheads: 'She was, specially built for the Australian, trade, via the Cape of "Good =Hope.- Iri other worde, ahe was designed for- a trade in which plenty of heavy 'weather us to be eapect--■•■■'"ed. X SKe has been running in &>**_&*' '■'• "vice .for -bine months, and it follow* that Captain "Ilbeiy, her master, vrewM By this time thoroughly know bit Wp andhercapabuitiegm. the worst west* . _r. -v-The -f act T that she is a twin-ewew -full-powered boat has resulted' in to* V opinion that; oven if one set of. engines had been disabled; or 6ue propeller -lost,- - ; the"Waratah ought' by this .time tv >Bave pqt'iu an"i_tpeara_ce.-'': §uppo»e,jriowr -"■'- 1 ever, she-has not' "only-lost io* use of -/fine propeller,- but: 1 has also 'lent her judder? She'ihithen practically as helpless, VBO far ae.m-kirigiport'is oonoernedj as.a, .broken-down ;'..-«^l_^screw.^,'-,-,'!rae v ;I«ig- ' drift of the steamers ... Perthshire, and -V'Waikato, ' both" single-screw V "wiU hot be-forgotten,;and aseumuw a : -V caenalty such ac that indicated to have yVlijppe^d. t^^ ii^timeibeUno^o is Picked «£;•«£ x: rising thafc.'the;War_tA: has >*Tcken y down ? WeU.out;at-sea,vit i -would follow V - that Captain :■ Ilbery. would . be yonly too Vj_^oi_r to -.keep; awiy Jroin -tho : coast . ' _t_i;th^vloiig^urstvOf yheavy^weather V';i_rovef!T vft of -the V~r. -; VikMi-:td attempVto'Tig -anythuwyin the *. .nature -io'f a : rudde^- whde^ae-.bad iy. weather lasted. -.Captain llbery yhas ' .had many years'^ experience in,tnu»par-V'-jA'Vy ■' :.v'-. : A ''" V-" Ay An 7 invention 'of interest atthe' present x y^mi^ui^tea:: produced By- Mr' .Ernest •; y XßiVfX:CtMßleyy of Melbourne; 7" B.m xx. '-'"B;devico.i w&cly it" ie claimed, -. Will indf."cate the location of 'a .wrecked veesel,.tße -.;■; _aleT-;.wh_a^it met", with disaster, ; ihe . ';d^th'.'a.' j whieh,fl» wreck lies,' and'-also ; - ;;the '; cqureeyilwt: the yvefseel was "making, - antf'the^port.'that it -was .making.for '-.■■ l. "whendt- met /witii'; its "disaster. 7 - 7 TheVap--A. piratpß,. Awhich' ?^is 7 ih -fte fom of "a buoy, ie released autdmatioally' from' the : Bridge 1 - deck when the vessel meets 'dis*. «ler," and a / wire- att«dii__nk r ;h6lds'.' " it •V :■■;. oyer "the •<■ spot 'wher.VEhe vessel ;-._isap- : - r ' dmw. -It is claimed.'By theVurvente'r ' the apparatus would prove r ;/ iiseful XX ' shoui* a- vessel Become helpless in-mid- .--:-• eos-B through to «c.dei&^.h?r y ju^ e_iu«r_VM specially-madeflbating mes•engintf could be set adrift in - prevailing ■ •'-'- •nrHefe;- '■'■'•■ Plane and specifications of / /•; tteVinTention havey- been lodged at -the / Patent - Office. •?(?..