THE SEARCHLIGHT DISPLAY.
At Si3p. as the sea'hncl inci'ea.sed Vorv, considerably,, the New £$aland hove.jn-. her"anchor,- and tothe' no:'-small; <lis-" api>ointment of the. qrowd;'■ sailedE'ia.waj. northi : It looked as if fond expectations of a brilliant searchlight display' wero .going, -with her. and so they i\\-i/ to a great extent,-..but; when the battlo ship.arrived off Waitotara. sho '. retray^ ed her ''steps," ana at 5-30, the-tim'o for- the promised demonstration, was' somo seven miles from tho bar. There was a great crowd on Burie Hill ■•arid other coigns of vantage around, W^nganui. so that .Wanganui residents} saw tho display from, a distance of aboiii ~ ton-miles.."..lt was not quite what, syas fi expected,, but the d isplay' deMonstrii:-" * ed tho remarkable power' of the.hattleship'r. searchlights, and tho'. ease witlv; whicL they' can bo flashed drouhd. ' - .As-.^^tlio vessel;passedXPatea.and.Haw-;: era bther demonstrations "were giveri.'
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12883, 17 June 1913, Page 8
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139THE SEARCHLIGHT DISPLAY. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12883, 17 June 1913, Page 8
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