Strange as it may seem (says the New Zealand Times), yet it is nevertheless true, that on the 19th December 1883, while the British ship Invercargill, now in port, was crossing the equator, those on board witnessed, and many took part in, a game of snowballing. The Invercargill, during her last visit to England, has been fitted with new refrigerating machinery, and Mr Spencer, the engineer, shortly before' crossing the line, put it in motion for the purpose of satisfying himself as to its efficiency. The engines were found to work splendidly, Jind as the ships officers, with sextants in hand, were anxiously talcing the sun, the children, were snowballing one another. This is rf'portod to be the first occasion on which such a singularly anomalous event lias happened.
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Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1372, 10 March 1884, Page 2
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129Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1372, 10 March 1884, Page 2
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