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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9008, 15 August 1907, Page 1

Organs tare to be supplied to warshipis carrying chaplains Four new cruisers are to have them at once. The change is regarded by the Admiralty as desirable in the spiritual interests of sailors. | It is thought that the organ will give a more impressive setting to the daily services on board ship than the accompaniment of the ship's band. Tho elastic macacfihn that seems to be proving so satisfactory as tried on j Swis6 roads is made of tar and gravel, th© la tt-er having a coarseness of ohe to two inches. The liquid ie applred to the heated stones in a rotating drum until a considerable coating is formed. The material is then piled under core, and left for eight or ten weeks, to undergo fermentation, the process filling the pores of the gi \avel and lessening the oust from it. A cubic yard of gravel requires only about fifty pounds of tar. f