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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3335, 29 September 1911, Page 4

TO-DAY. MEETINGS. Poverty Bay Farmers’ Club, Club Booms, 3 n.m. AMUSEMENTS. Benefit concert, His Majesty’s Theatre, 8 P-m. ABSTRACT OF HEW ADVERTISE* MENTS. Benefit concert, His Majesty’s Theatre. Tenders for erecting residence, etc— J. Greig and Son. , ■ , ■ Notice to take land—Hpspital and C. A. Board. ■ .. ' . Proclamation —Poverty Bay River District. , m i Meeting—Poverty Bay Farmers Club. Meeting, Hotel Employees’ Hnion. Sections, etc., for sale—W. Lissant Clayton. Money to lend —F. C. Fiddy.. Nursery governess wanted; also general (servant. . Notice re accounts —Albion Hotel. Stallion advertisement —Young Garnet and King George. Meetings—Rev. R. S. B. Hammond. Horse impounding notice —Matawhero Pound. / , _ ~, Auction sale—Williams and Kettle, Ltd. ■' Valuable land for sale —N.Z. Loan Co. Stock clearing sale —N.Z. Loan Co. Tenders for painting—Cook County Council. 1 ■ Business advertisement—A. TV. J. Mann Man with teams wanted for ploughing. Contractors wanted for scrubcutting. General servant wanted. Wanted, a shepherd. A cock-laundress wanted. Situation wanted by married shepherd. Euchre party postponed.

On lier voyage from an American port to Sydney recently, the barquentine Amazon was seriously injured by heavy gales, and had to put in to banning Island for temporary repairs. Only scanty appliances were available, and" the crew and a few helpers had to patch up the vessel as best they could. The necessity for examining the hull presented a serious difficulty in the absence of any apparatus for the use of a diver, but this problem was solved. by the construction of a unique diving dress by Mr Nutt, a member of the cable staff, and Mr Bremer, the. mate of the Amazon. The helmet portion of the dress was constructed out of a galvanised iron bucket, . and a piece of glass,, attached to which was' a (roughly made canvas jacket. The armholes were' big. and left open to allow the inrusliang" air at the top of the helmet to escape, while the jacket was lashed securely to the waist. The water rose inside the jacket to the diver’s neck, where it was arrested by the air pressure from above.