BY TELEGRAPH.
BLUFF, Monday. Arrived—Ulimaroa, 9.30 a.m., from ITobart. NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday. Arrivjed—Rarawa, 4.25 a.m., from •Onehunga. GREYMOUTH, Monday. 'Arrived.—Hirnitnngi, 4.30 a.m., from 'Wanganui. Sailed.—Himitangi, 4 p.m., for Wanp;anui. WELLINGTON, Monday. Sailed—Breeze, 3.25 p.m.-, for Wanganui. Sailed—Kapuni, 4.20 p.m., for Wanganui. Sailed—Him,- 2.25 p.m., for Wana'ani'.i. . SYDNEY, August 15. Arrived— Waiiruna, from Westport. Sailed—Whakatane,- for Auckland.
While Sir James Milis was ,at San Francisco he inquired into the operation of ships by oil fuel instead- of coal. "'I was delighted with what I saw there," he said at Montreal. "The boats are ' wonderfully clean, but it. would be too. expensive a system to inaugurate on the Pacific. In ew Zea land coal is very cheap, and we can't afford to make the change, whatever advantages oil may offer -as fuel -to. American shipowners."
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12585, 16 August 1910, Page 4
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