OLD TIME RULES PROVED EFFECTIVE

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1686, 22 June 1904, Page 34 (Supplement)

OLD TIME RULES PROVED EFFECTIVE

turbines will weigh about 25 tons, arid although the Turbinia yard is equipped with machinery which will handle such weights without difficulty, seeing the press of work at the latter works just now, it is quite probable that the adjacent yard will manufacture the turbines under a license from the Parsons Company. Since the little Turbinia demonstrated the practicability of the turbine. propulsion great strides have been made in the introduction of the new form of marine engine; the new CuriardefSv will be more than seven' times the length, and hundreds of times the displacement, of the, Turbinia. It was thought at one time that it would not be decided whether these large vessels should have turibine machinery till the new Allan Line turbine boats had proved a success: but the Cunard Turbine Commission, like most members of the maritime world, is evidently convinced that for vessels plying on voyages where full speed is the usual speed, turbines are the right thing. The Turbinia, latelv launched by Messrs Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co;, will soon make the passage of the Atlantic on lier way to Lake Ontario! the turbine steamer for the Melbourne-Launceston service of the Union S.S. Company of New Zealand will leave England for Australia before long, the Allan Line will

The internal government of a couritry gentleman’s household in Englarid during the sixteenth century is clearly explained by the following rules forservants: j A servant wKo is absent from .prayers to be fined. ; For uttering an oaib> T penny; the same for leaving a door open/ A fine of 2 pence from. Michaelmas to Lady day for all who are in bed after 7 or out after 9.

A fine of 1 penny for any bed unmadp, fire unlit or candle box uncleaned aftbr

8. . ‘ 7! A fine of 4 pence for a man detected teaching children obscene words: j A fine of 1 penny for any man waiting without a trencher or who is absent at meal. p / . I •• For anyone breaking;lany of the butler’s gbuss, 12 pence. • ; A fine of 2 pence for anyone, who has not laid the table for dinner 10.30 or the supper by 6. ' ' A fine of 4 pence for anyone absent without leave. ' : , "gx. L For striking another a fineA-ofjl penny. ...” . \ : j For any follower visiting the cook, a fine of 1 penny. HI A. fine of 1 penny for any man appealing in a foul shirt untied shoes or torn doublet. ’ A fine of 1 penny for any stranger s room left for four hours after he has Affine of 1 ’ the' 1 .hall be not cleaned by 8 in winter and 7 m -SWTI: X m The porter to be toed 1 penny if the court gate be not slurb during meals. A fine of 3 Pence if the stairs are not cleaned even’ Friday after dinner. AH fines were deducted by the steward at the quarterly .payment of wages.