"Tommy" Lends a Hand.
When we hear, as we are still doing, of the despatch of transports to the Cape, we are struck by the celerity with which the great vessels are got ready. It is interesting to learn that in addition to winches, pulleys, cranes, hoists, and lifts Tommy Atkins also willingly lends a hand in hauling the cargo on board.
The soldiers who are going in the ship themselves lend great assistance in the manner shown in our little illustration. Goods light enough for one man to raise are passed from hand to hand, a steady stream of packages
thus tiavelling continuously from the quay, up gangways, into the vessel's hold. Those who have never seen this done will hardly credit the rapidity with which great, hoiu'elngh stacks of "material" are thus dealt with. Firemen, it may here be mentioned, work in the same manner with buckets of water, in places where a hose cannot be taken.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2402, 15 March 1900, Page 65
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159"Tommy" Lends a Hand. Otago Witness, Issue 2402, 15 March 1900, Page 65
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