The guns at Waterloo were heard at Dover, 180 miles away; and the Jubilee guns at Spithead, in 1897, were heard at Bridgwater. 100 miles as the crow flies. In 1850 the fastest vessel afloat wjis the Asia, of 1500 horse-power, and 11 knots. In 1856 came the Persia, of 13 knots; and in 3883 the Alaska, of 18 knots. BUTTONS SKHUS,
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6314, 14 September 1907, Page 3
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