SERIOUS CHANCES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 115, 18 May 1931, Page 5

SERIOUS CHANCES

ARE TAKEN IN NEGLECTING A i SIMPLE CASE OF PILES Any person takes serious chances in i neglecting an attack of piles. This ailment has a tendency to become chronic, and there is also danger of ulceration, and forming of fistuia, both very difficult to cure. The safest remedy for any form of piles, whether itching or protruding, is Doan’s Oint rnent. In using it there is no detention from daily occupation, and the many cures made by it have made it famous in every corner of the world. It enjoys a greater demand and more enthusiastic popularity than any other pile remedy ever placed on the market. Here is a case: Mr W. Solomon, Wentworth Street, Parramatta, says: “About twenty years ago I had a v -y severe attack of itching and bleeding piles, and underwent an operation. I was right for about eight years and then the complaint returned- The agony was terrible. Not wanting to undergo another operation, I started using pile remedies. The number I used would astonish you, but they gave me no benefit whatever. I read of iDoan’s Ointment curing others and decided to give it a trial. After a few applications I obtained relief and one pot cured me. I always keep Doan's Ointment in the house, and shall never bp without it, for I know what a thoroughly reliable remedy it is.’’ ' Sixteen years later, Mr Solomon says: “I have still the same good opinion of Doan’s Ointment- ft cured me of piles many years ago, and 1 never suffer with this complaint now- ’ ’ Doan’s Ointment is sold by all chemi ists and storekeepers. Foster-McClel--1 lan Co., Proprietors, 15 Hamilton St., i Sydney. I But. be sure you get Doan’s.—Advt.

Gangs of workmen were soon painting the red funnels black; shipwrights were cutting away bulwarks on one of the decks to allow guns to be trained around the necessary arcs; armour plates were being placed over vital spots; rope protection to divert splint ers was devised; all woodwork between docks was stripped off; passenger cabins were put ashore for fear of tire; magazines were built into the holds, speaking tubes were installed to con nect with the steering-room aft; eight 4.Sin. guns were mounted; searchlights and a naval range-finder were fitted; and the white upper works were paint ed grey. All this work was done in a week. Captain Noel Grant, R.N., was appointed in command. Her peace-time master, Captain J. C. Barr, was made commander, R.N.R. With one exception, the whole engine-room complement, from the chief engineer to the junior trimmer, volunteered for the job. Early in September, 1914, the Carmania was directed to inspect the sinister Trinidad Island. Soon after dawn on 14th September the Carmania sighted the desolate spot, and by 11 o’clock the officers were able to make out the upper works of a large vessel lying on the western side of the island. The vessel had two funnels. This fact was so confusing that, it was not until several days afterwards that her identity was known. She was the Hamburg-South American liner, Cap Trafalgar, a new ship that had just been built with three funnels. One of the funnels, which was a dummy used for ventilation, had been demolished. This luxurious ship of 18. 710 tons, with a speed of 17$ knots, was not very dissimilar from the Car mania, which was of 19,524 tons, and had a speed of 16 knots. Soon after the outbreak of war the Cap Trafalgar had met the German gunboat Ebcr at spa and had received an armament of two 4in and six I.4in guns. Caution Needed. Captain Grant, on the Carmania, had to display caution at first. He did not know that he was not being lured into a trap. The Cap Trafalgar appeared 1 to be inclined to run away. The Carmania began to chase, but the Cap 1 Trafalgar swung round to starboard and headed across four points on the j bow of the Carmania. The enemy was flying no flag. She was painted grey, with red “boot-topping,” and she had red funnels with black tops. This paint gave her the appearance of a Union , S Castle liner, so that it might have been 1 intended to attack the vessels on the South African route. j At noon the crew of the Carmania / was sent to general quarters, and the : largest British White nsigns available r .’ were hoisted at both mastheads as well '/ as at the staff at the stern. It was a still doubtful whether tne German was LS armed, so at 8500 yards a shot was fired 0 across her bows. Only at the last min- \ utc did the Cap Trafalgar run up the ( German White ensign. The duel which l ’ was to be fought to the death began. ’ Flashes were seen fore aand ft along 1 the decks of the German, and shells ’’ shrieked over the bridge of the Car--1 mania and fell into the sea some 50 r ’ yards to starboard. “Let him have t it,” shouted Captain Grant, and three 1 guns on the port side of the Carmania opened fire. The first rounds fell short, but the range was soon found. In order that the fourth gun might come into e action, Captain Grant ported his ship e a little. [J Deadly Duel ,y Some excellent gunnery followed; ° practically every round was a hit. One t German shell burst on the starboard side of the Carmania, killed one of the c gun crew, and wounded others. Hits r ! were frequent on both sides. The Ger--1 man closed to 3500 yards to bring her machine-guns into use. A shell carried away the fire control of the Carmania, ‘ and made it impossible to send ranges from the bridge to the guns by telephone. The German was concentrating 1 her shells on the bridge and guns of s the British Ship. There was a danger h that the fire from machine-guns might 1 make the bridge untenable and throw 1 the control of the ship into confusion. The Cap Trafalgar took a distinct list to starboard. She had been on fire forward, but apparently the flames had been extinguished. The aim of Captain Grant was now to sink his enemy by directing his attack at the waterline. His shells pierced the steel plates, anil the sea began to pour in rapidly. The 1 Carmania was suffering heavily also. Ventilators, rigging, derricks, and boats showed ugly scars. German shells had ‘ penetrated into the second class smokeroom. Some rounds had fallen in the petty officers’ mess, but no lives were lost. A shell caused a fire in Captain Grant’s sleeping cabin, but it was pur out by flooding. Presently the flames below the bridge broke out again. There were no means of combating them, because the water main had been , shot through. i The bridge blazed fiercely, and the . Carmania had to be conned aft. She was in danger of becoming a blazing wreck. But her peace-time master, Captain Barr, who knew his ship down to the tiniest rivet, did remarkable work, and the fire did not spread to the next deck. Badly Battered 1 Selden has a ship presented so bat- ; tered an appearance. She was blazing forward, the decks around the guns were knee-deep in the cylinders of ex pended cartridges, and port side of the main rigging had been shot away, the wireless aerials had gone, some of the cowls of the ventilators were in ribbons, a huge hole gaped on tl.e port side of the upper deck where a shell had been deflected upwards against the side of the wheelhouse, and had then passed through the afterbridge. In its path this shell had left steel rails and stanchions twisted like bits of wire. The decks were littered with fragments of boats and davits. The plight of the Cap Trafalgar was going from bad to worse. She was still shelling rapidly, but with decreasing accuracy. The range had increased to about five miles. Captain Grant, although he appreciated that this was about the extreme range of his guns, had to increase the range still farther by keeping his ship dead before the wind. This was necessary to prevent the fire on the bridge from spreading. The German, too, was burning fiercely. She was enveloped in smoke, and she was seen to be heading back to the island. Her guns became silent, her engines stopped, and boats were lowered. This was the signal for the (Mr* mania to cease firing also. The respite was welcome. Every band was needed to stamp out the furnace that threatened death to all. Half a dozen boats were lowered from the Cap Trafalgar and were got away. It was. no easy task from a height of 70 feet, with the great hull listing as if to drop on the men at any moment. An hour and a half after

the first shot had been fired the <’.• Trafalgar heeled over. Her deal agony was an awful spectacle. bli quivered, heaved herself upright wit bows submerged, then suddenly tilt, until her stern came out of the wat< before she took her final plunge, wit colours flying. A cheer was raised o the Carmania for a gallant foe and fu a hard-won victory before the < < the Carmania turned to the task o setting their ship in order. Captain Wirth, of the Cap Trafalgai perished in the engagement. “Ho wa the only German 1 should have care to meet,” Captain Grant rcmarke later, “for he put up a very gallan tight.’’