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and thus restore to the sets their original purpose.

The sets can be purchased comple.e in New Zealand, but so far as FIM could find out, the wheels from the Australian models were removed an The eS s t e™ y wiil still work-wlth an

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To get the power to send the signal it is necessary to wind the generator handle, at the same time as tapping the morse key—and this appears about as involved as the old wheeze of rubbing one’s nose with one hand while patting one’s head with the other. Definitely not an exercise that recommends itself to a stormtossed yachtsman in distress.

Unlucky Deutgan

The 211 tons ex-barge Deutgan, owned by Mr. Marcel Marinacce, of Santo, New Hebrides, returned home recently after an expensive, 9 months-long refit in Sydney. in ? n v “ £■ Bioup, she grounded at’Port Resolu f™- Report is that she is a to.al

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On her recent delivery voyage, Captain Haines, of Sydney, took Deutgan as far as Noumea and then handed her over to her owners, inrvrmm D m-7*p

Another One For Rnzaf

The RNZAF Search-and-Rescue squadron based at Lauthala Bay, near Suva, is still being kept busy.