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in.: ihrrr *«. Inui’v ■ Ilt;»lin* } I fir.sash — Ontv worhtiu- of ror diary. lore. WlML—Oh. sh, , .» \ .11 hr I* wife ,n il nr where. Hi'vatth —Rstfer \ I vc alMrd in yem u the Suo .I I'. ••! i ^'.ij I.k .1 wnpliun of (he day when you made n an unu-mall) hoi (nr me.hipall-con l-lnrid -hnro ul Itnffinrw and ln«-pl*ce* plrnte andI**-nilder I hnhe I hi*i!n ■ nilllt;«ndr.PillLgObutnlHOantheieni..i.Ulilinnbyinnmihln»thhutthin*ideanlI he ■lt;IppfprrfciThere he hurfod hi*In a cave, while hi*crew chore other hld-The following year Ihe hi* rrew were raptured In- a Urlllah corvette and slain.1 a ire Karl Fit**llllam tried tofind the fabled fortune.In lOI he landed there nnly to liar* n premature Mast frarture hi* »L II nnd wound a|stern of hi* men.In lf07 ho trial again, but lo*l I l ship in a gab- nit llonduran. in I was nearly drownedThat name year llarold W M t.ray. another Englishman. went to i he inland with a largo r®f*y * men. nnlv to hne them fall ilea-p--rntly ill and abandon the aearrhHut while thia strange fatality ■'inverted with Ihe i 'uco* tree .mi re in |lt; **|il|i-al'le, a very good reason why ihe ireaaiire has never been lo-ret i* now alt;l'a need It come*from ihe 'ijoint little town of t'a-.'nr I.’r.oe, Maine, where live* a a hit haired, front -bearded old sea rnptaiu named Jamew Urown rap-1,on Itrnwii I* now nearly eighty ‘■»p Id. For tha last fifteen year* he la- I *'i'n Irjiiig |n e*tahll*h hi* Hum Ili.il he uliine knows the nm 1 location of the burled million-t nl hi- -turtlliig • vplanntion for the Iiii|||ilt;m effort * of the gold lien • i* is ihnt the trenfl'iro Is got• u ' ...... Island it all, but was reni.nid i v him **d el her* to another iel,ii d »l»ly ynra ago IIn II he was In the harbour i f Kingston on n \*aa«d (rone Hall f’». l ut i hnniiwil shQi* at the Ja-m* cn r *rt to Join another vewasl as m.i'e. Although he believed this -dm «a» going pe.irl ftstung. hrI I later that Che i eeael .u thori i d_v in inert, i iurioil a rrew of Fift iw-i nun. nnd w»a hound for I .-fill Island to hunt for I urkodI Ten-lire.Tie rapt Kin. Ilr.iwn -ay-, declared .. -I* I lie win of on- nf the nrigtI hueraAtvra itn re-n hit g Ihe i* b.n l I lie mplain produced o dm gr hi mat I ifiafi urul after noiiieII id i n 11 y the goiil was found At the * ggrwtom I t hn lapt.iln the irrnsure wn* ninotial lo another i* buil. reburied ami aa-l «»* »et fur MellMiume where me m plain had hwenl that a ship . arrviM an iuiiim- nae qwanllly uf bulltun was ■ImiiiI to h nlIhe Cap! «U» managed lo ahB' 10 m.W» ITU on tfc* ve**e^ Wfcy mjff'“-us a Krenrhnmn who invented a rhrid type of alrahip a* far bark as IHT.'I, and |‘re|.orelt;l plana and aprcl-fiati'in* a* rarefnlly n* I hoar pro durcd to-day la patenting an In ' mil loti But *o little attentirm was paid |o hi* work th*i It »a* completely overlooked. and until quite rerently It w*a belie* «d that ibr rigid airship was a (leftnan In no' at I Bl'hi» Mplea* airship differ* from Ihe /sppelin* by the fart that It* rigidity la •ditained. nut by mean*1 of nbimlnium. but by hollow wood frgnie work ntvnred with canvas It runsisls of eleien eoi»|**rl men Is with a tntal length of Atftft . and maimium diameter nf f.’ift Earfc mpanmenl I* filled by * h*l-luooet, which adapts itself tn «h*-rigid frame n* auow as It i* In flat«-d A sort of triangular keel n-tend* marly Uw evil ire length of the airship, with a slight d-pmesum tore and att. where the motor* are situated. ’Iliere are two t'henu motors nt ii« ryllnderw and l.dW h p . ra« h of whlrh lt;qi*rate* two wooden propeller* IBft In diameter Thme propeller* are attarhe«| aft high up on e*rh side of the rigid Irnnie which constitute* one of the original feature* of Ihe new airshipThe i rnnainiaaiini is effected by oblique shaft* 3HM In length. with ranlan j«int* nnd i hree «up|ior1* The Ste«-ring |w wierte.1 l.y vartical blplnnea fue.1 aft »KI the aiabill-lators consist of four horlrontul places, nlso altacheil .it the rewr A scr.ee nf raid** -t»etch*d arrnaa the eleien roinparl in-W • tertiilnslw f.-rwarrt nnd by heme Joined offer* a solid hold, which permit* of an chnrlng the airship with ihe nnwiu the mndItFSII OK VI* MET ALB.Modern rew-arrh has l-fought tn our Industries, at a marvellous rale, not only new rompnuwds hut elt; #n r.ew elrm a!« ITof T1 T Knlmu* of loront imii— th-i of the 'iffy metallli elements nos tnnur. only »lt; en were in roio-men ill ii»e J lM.li year* ago, and until llt;* year- ago lt;he rat* of siidPlori vis lea- then oge metalfor e#.b ..... MB hln 'he( ,«i mcMly fiie ie*ira about fowr-tean nieUl* have tieen addol to roniinerrlal use an addillnti at more than one bwndredlold the or*-vuiua [tt|.
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Kangaroo Ground Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record

Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, AU

Fri, Aug 29, 1913

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