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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 8892, 16 November 1897, Page 3

— ~ I To clean oilcloth,—First, thoroughly sweep it so as to remove all dust; rub it over with a damp flannel, and finally wet it with a little milk, which must be rubbed off with a diy cloth until a polish is produced. The Northern 8.8. Co.’s p.». Eopu, reosntly built for the river trade by Mr K. P. Gibbons, millowiier, ef Kopu, is a fine substantial vessel of the following dimensions ; -Length, 60ft; beam, 13ft: beam ever paddle boxes, 21ft. She is fitted with an Sin eyl nder engine working up to 1201b« pressure, and giving her an average speed of about 8 knots. The little vessel is . fitted with a fine rcoiny deck berse, [ which is divided off into cabins for the men. i Being of very light draught, she is especially [ fitted for the wo<k which she is ints ided. ' vis., rafting and towing punts up the river. , Captain Anderton, late of the s.s. Elizi, . has been appointed to the command of the i Kopu, whilst Mr G. McDonald will take the . El>za, which is to be transferred to the Te i Aroha trade Mr Gibbons csrtsioly deI serves great credit for his rnterpr s• iu the r shipbuilding line, this being bis second s steamer, betides numerous punts, &c. He i intends build: n< a large versel for carrying jr timber te Australia, and we wish him every success in U lijnew venture,