EPOCH-MAKING MACHINES
SIR A. YARROW'S EXPERIENCE.
By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, Jan. 15.
Broadcasting in celebration of his 88th birthday, Sir Alfred Yarrow, shipbuilder and engineer, revealed his remarkable association with two epoch-making inventions.
Sir Alfred Yarrow’s adventures on the road in 1861 with a steam carriage led to the legislation forbidding the use of an engine-driven vehicle, unless a man walked ahead carrying a red flag. This provision was not repealed until the Motor Act of 1896.
He also disclosed that he was the first Englishman to use a typewriter. The first batch was imported from America in 1876. During the landing a case containing a dozen fell into the dock and when raised from the mud no one knew what they were. Sir Alfred and a friend purchased the dozen for a few shillings and then cleaned and oiled them. In response to an advertisement for a shorthand writer who could play the. piano a youth applied and . was engaged. He remained in Sir Alfred s employment until his death.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1930, Page 11
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