Names of two new Dreadnought battleships Colossus and Hercules
In May the Admiralty announced two improved Dreadnoughts will be named Colossus and Hercules under the 1909-10 programme. One will be built at Greenock by Stott and Palmer’s Shipbuilding at Jarrow-on-Fyne, with guns and mountings contracted to Armstrong Whitworth and Vickers. The article traces past vessels named Colossus and Hercules, noting their actions from 1781 through the 1860s, including Trafalgar and Copenhagen era service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Admiralty
Houtt
Toulon
Pleinduth
Lofd Hows
Collingwool
Cadiz
Trafalgar
Colosstd
Pembroke
Portsmouth
Sheffield Frm
H.M.S. Hercules
Mansell
Mediterranean
Algiers
Hercules
Blake
Aversales
Hawke
Quiberon Bay
Rodney
West Indies
San Domingo
Willoughby
Baltic
Copenhagen
Chatham
Gibraltar
Ocean Island phosphates boom and strict order in law
Deputy Commissioner Mahaffy describes Ocean Island's vast phosphate resources and modern setup with 1000 workers including 300 Japanese. He notes low crime due to prohibition of intoxicants, disciplined labor, and advanced machinery in a 1500 acre site 300 feet above sea level with inexhaustible supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Mahaffy
Western Pacific
Ocean Island
Mehaffy
Sydney Telegraph
Phosphates
Ansious
Mahaffy
Windham Double Monoplane Project Demonstrated
Captain Windham presented the Windham Howard monoplane at Regent Street Polytechnic, detailing a two‑plane craft with unequal square wings, a forward smaller wing, rear larger wing, and V‑shaped dihedrals. The bamboo frame weighs 125 lb with a 65 lb engine and 25 lb sailcloth wing, totaling 295 lb, and it disassembles for mule-back transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regent Street Polytechnic
Windham
Ayer's Pills Namely Prepared by Dr. G in Lowell
A terse note states that Dr. G prepared Ayer's Pills for the beet family locative in Lowell. It mentions the product and a dubious regional claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. G
R&c Ayer
Lowell, Mast
How many Londoners have really seen London
The Daily Mirror asks how many have seen the view from St Pauls dome and describes the ascent experience. Visitors pay for the gallerys multiple levels with prices from two shillings sixpence to a sovereign for the final climb. An American share of visitors is high and a dramatic nine inch squeeze through the balls clamps is required to reach the highest point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Daily Mirror
Epsom
St. Paul's
Ouse
Devonshire
Golden Gallery
Stone Gallery
New Neighbors Beyond Neptune In Our Solar System
The article discusses two newly proposed planets far beyond Neptune, estimated at forty five and sixty times Earth's distance from the sun. It explains the vast light years involved, using a car journey analogy to illustrate the immense travel times and the faint solar light at such distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neptune
Solar System
Miss. Mary Proctor
Earth
Arctic
Mars
English author declines royal and sultan decorations
Mr Allen Upward refused honors from the King of Greece and the Sultan of Turkey, arguing that politicians and writers should not accept distinctions. In Dalmatia at Bukari, Fiorina Presht broke a locking glass during her wedding preparations and, after sending a farewell note to the bridegroom, shot herself. the bridegroom, waiting at the church, has since gone insane. War chronic chest compsints, Woods Great Peppermint Cure priced at 1s 6d and 2s 6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Upward
Greece
Turkey
Bukari
Dalmatia
Fiorina Presht
Whic
World Commerce SeventH Congress Opens in Sydney
Delegates from 110 ports travel with families to attend the seventh World Chambers of Commerce Congress. The program blends business with social events in Brisbane Melbourne and Sydney, while resolutions press imperial preferential trade arbitration and postal, immigration, weights and measures reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Chambers of Commerce of the World
Sydney
Commonwealth
Brisbane
Queensland
Melbourne
Spencer Street
Chamber, of Commerce
Victoria
London Chamber
Australia
Adelaide
Canada
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Pulsford
Peppermint Cure Promises Relief for Poor Man's Cough
A narrator recalls a man plagued by bronchitis repeatedly. The doctor prescribes warmer chimes, but poverty keeps him from seeking better care. The text imagines Woods Peppermint Cure as a possible relief for coughs and colds.
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Fa.m.s. Colossus
LENE
Royal Mail
Vin Monte Video
Teneriffe
Plymouth
Clayton
Steaper
Tongariro
Fuparoa
Kuapeh
Roma
Turakina
Kalona
Love Bart
Hore
Friedlander Bros., Ltd
Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., Limited
Monte ,Video
Tenerifs
Athenia
Toma
Wellington
Wellington Wellingtor Wellington
Pate
Ang
tAlso Calle
Rio de Anaiera
Nicoll Bros
NEW Zealand Insurance Company
NHE
Aslington
Isers
Islinngton
Islington & Turnip
Islington
Ake
Colman
Isurancnsurance Department
Prensa Tees
Gether
Sterling
Menuine
Jones and Sons, Manufacturing
Jewellers
Street
Christchurch
D. Ballantyne & Go
Manchester Bros
Weile
Barningham & Co., Ltd
George Street
Dunedin
New Zealand
Bulletin
Scientific American
Chas
Thomas
Last Street
Ashburton
Hereford Street
Canterbury Co-Operative Egg, Poultry, and Produce Company, Ltd
C. R., Wilson and Co
Tuam Street
Wilson's
Dominion
Eppa
P.O
Kaitangata Coal
Kaitangata
High Street
Burnet Street
G. Meddins
People’s Popular
Burnett Street
Oposite Arcade
Furnisheng Undertakers
Telephone
Newman’s
Somerset Hotel
Newman
Robinson
Allike
Timothy and Trefoil
W Wow
Churst
Friedlander Bros
Dr. Fellows
A. M. Loasby
Fellows
Jas. W. Smith
Occidental Hotel
Feltows
Aole
Orly
Colombo Street
H. F. Stevens
China
Yuen-Fule
Foochow
Ayer
Ayers
Wonders OF
World's Commerce
Surtasiz
Goloshes
Storm
Fromis
Istoge
Aring
Tancred
W. Have
Lingleurs
DES
House Furnhing Importers
Building Society
Tancred Street
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