Fibre Glass Launch for New Guinea

New Guinea

NEW Guinea jungle rivers will be explored with the aid of a fibre glass launch built by a Sydney firm for a goldmining company. Costing about £1,600 the launch, it is claimed, will not develop any faults or leaks. The hull is four times as strong as its weight in timber and twice as strong as its weight in steel. The maker of the 18 ft boat, Mr. C. F.

Haddock, demonstrated it on Sydney Harbour on April 1.