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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 2 November 1917, Page 8

AUCTIONS TO-MORROW j at 11 a.m. AT THE ROOMS, HARDY STREET. Sundry Furniture. White* Elephant and Up-to-Date Table and Seed Potatoes. Quantity Cow Chaff, Hay, Neptune Wire, fS.I-I. I/Mack Wire. ALSO : .Lady's Gold Watch. Silver do., Gent's Silver do., Tea and Coffee, E>.P. mounted Brushes and Combs, Safety Razors, etc. ALFRED GOULD, Auctioneer. TAPAWERA STOCK SALE. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Bth, 1917. D ALGETY AND CO., LTD., and NEW ZEALAND LOAN' AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LTD. will offer : 500 Fat and Forward 4 and 6-tooth shorn wethers (.lots). 50 Shorn Fat Sheep. 45 Mixed sex, shorn Hoggets. £'.) 2-tooth Wethers. 100 Mixed 'Sheep. 4 3-year old Forward Steers. 2 Forward Empty Cows. 500 2-tooth Wethers. 5 3-year Steers. 18 Yearlings. Your Opportunity HAVE YOU GOT £278 155.? v DAIRY FARxM—MUST BE SOLD WE are instructed to offer for immediate sale 42£ acre* of freehold land, 4-roomed house, trap-shod aad hay-loft, 6-bail cowshed. Property subdivided into 4 paddoek*. All flat, ploughable, wellw»tered bj streams. One mile from progressive tewn aad P. 0., 4 mile from iactory, ■•Wool tlongside. This, is a highly profitable proposition and will staad the strictest inspection. Will earry 42 head «f cattle during the months and has wintered 26 head.. Stock rat*/ ha bought at valuation and en easy : terms. , fPrice £39 10s per acre. Cash required only £278 15s. Balance on mortgage for ' 6 years at 5 per cent.' Apply sharp to — ' : ' P. B. LOMAX AND CO., LICENSED AGIfINTS, MOTUEKA. STANDARDISED SHIPS,;.. ' If the anticipations of the British. Shipping "Controller are realised, the completion of the first standardised ship will have been a notable incident of the campaign against the U-boat piracy. The first standardised ship was loaded and ready to put to sea on ,25th. August, slightly ,less< than six months after the day on which , her keel was laid. In the case' of the other vessels of this type that are in course of construction, or have yet to be laid doWn. it was expected that they would bo commissioned in four and a half or ,evbn I four months from the • date of commencement. It now seems possible that by sue hrapid building the output of ships may more than the rate at which the German submarines destroy them. That is the best that can be desired, until some effective means o£ countering the submarine campaign is discovered. . I The first standardised ship .which passed through a trial of an exhaustive ! nature with complete success is destined to be the forerunner of many others, j tor all the chief shipyards in the j United Kingdom are now building sii milar vessels with all possible speed. ; They ..are to be of various sizes, from 8000 tons downwards. They have been deigned' with the object of providing a good type of cargo carrier in-;the shortest possible time with the minimum .expenditure of material. Like the hull, the machinery and engines are all standardised, so that the first engine, goes into the hull complete. This is a great adyantage, for it has frequently teen the, experience of builders to wait a considerable time for the installation of tlie .machinery. . .'Special attention has been.'devoted to t)ie important question of .the speed of the .vessel, while extra large hatchways Waire been provided, making the ship almost self-trimming, and greatly facilitating loading and discharging. The idea is , that such steamers should b» not only built quickly but capable ; of being worked speedily • and economically. , . Everything possible has been simplified, according to the official description of the ship, and there are no ' frjH" ings," but. the men's quarters are far more commodious and comfortable than those in ordinary cargp boats..The crew are berthed aft in the poop, instead of the forecastle; 1 • each fitted with two berths. Messing arrangements are entirely separated from the sleeping accommodation, a smoke room is provided, and special arrangements are made for steam heating. There is also a ba hroom. A number of experiments will be tried to enhance still further tha comfort And conveniGnc© of tn© men.