SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF OAMARI r . VESHEC.H IN PORT. .firjiK !>. •fchfrnnur* - Carmnnu, Staid of otiico, Janet Rivmwvy. Kutclv-Annu. Stmunvr—Samson. » tJJWAUPH .fi-NK 1): Samson,. p..<».,. tH tons, Edio, from tmncdin. BE. Aitkun, aifonts. Thebwnuß William, Uirford stood out lii. *njfi'f>'fday, about •*.."<> p.m. A heavy sra rolled int.. the I,ay thiunifhimß tho (iivy. tHiit- in tl»' afternoon, thy duiker ttltfiiui at tho MiMpilavft ordered her away. e AN ACli Stttff. profossor ychrocilyr,. in his stecrahlo air shrj,. ("say* 6IUI "London Weekly Times"), proposes to visit lllfforuiit portion* of t!1o United States a.nd the old World. His. aif ship was on eihihitiou at "'.atf.imorc. A mimnur of applications have hecii- received to take piwwutfu.. aw'-anion!? them tlw application ~f. frofessor win«. tho aeronaut*, who,, wit.it fri>iesso<? Schrnedor. is (HWiptllno of a safe voyasfe across tho Atlantic. SuhfiwicP says that he. has expended years o£ study unit liH'tro sums of money upon the invention. In 1,373, Bciiroeitcr states t.liaf. ho made an a-scensiou wittv a smalluriuaelunc. similarly constructed from t'.razil. Tho ship portion of the- balloon, the propeller. Ac.. h Bfi(t. in luiiirthv »ft. hiu'h.. ami ,»i:fc. wMc. tt.< lifting uivpiwiitsy will hn for ten tout.. 'Flu-' ha 110,,.. t ,ntt.i..n. wlUislV hIVH not. yut. hi-cn atljust.-il. wilt he ('..'.ft, liiu'liaml «fi{«. ia (ijuinutsi>i\ 't'lio piiMhiii-r i»"l pulHii!.:' niMipi-tt"i-« Uo I)h uttiMihoil to the how and- stum of. tin. ship, art t0«. loiiif tunl ::.Jtt. in hciu'ht. 'riicso pi-opcli..c. wilt S« covowtl witll■ i!iuiv:ui.. U» also till, siili-s unit top of thuship. 'thu ship is to h t i shortly i;ntuplcti'.l,.whKn fr»t«H«or Siihromliii! would umku't.alu. daily asi-tusinun. tho ship iu to hu wopkett hy a iwv of i-i u -hf., ami »uHr«wl«f siiy;* ho can readily stcctf it tliroiufh. th« «ftiui|ftn(r cummts of the air ay wt.lt ».< a mariner docs hin v(M»iit upon thu (Miast. fto shortly v.xpccfctl to gtnrt upiiii. luh first! trip from tHUtiniorn to New York. 201). miW which hy thinlts hj« wnittit niulle in three hours. Ito has, ho says, iiuut« seventy-four miles au houtintv balloon, the aif ship will hj« Kxhihited in Now Vorlt. and the vb-nturw across the Atlantic wvtt noftbu until tho spring of elm next year..
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 42, 9 June 1876, Page 2
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360SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 42, 9 June 1876, Page 2
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