MARINER’S INVENTION
CARGO STRESS FINDER By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, May 13. During /his visit to Great Britain, Captain A. Lansley, who was surveyor of ships at Dunedin, placed his invention of a cargo stress finder, which has been taken up by Messrs Kelvin, Bottomley and Baird, of Glasgow. For his invention Captain Lansley received the highest award of the Royal Society of Arts, under the Thomas Gray Memorial Trust, for 1934, under which awards are made each year for the best invention by seamen. There were 33 entries last year, and Captain Lansley’s was adjudged the best. He returned by the Remuera to-day, accompanied by his wife and family, and will take up the position of surveyor of ships at Lyttelton.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20107, 14 May 1935, Page 14
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