Show patterson mcdonald co launched another vessel articles in the newspapers of the northwest tell of the launching of another large wooden vessel by the patterson mcdonald shipbuilding co of seattle and as a former eureken Is the manager of this big concern the people of this district will be interested in the news this new boat which was tor for the australian government was launched before one of the most distinguished gath brings ever attending a seattle launching a score or more of aus ana gralian officials as well as many prominent people of the northwest being present the boat had a dead weight capacity of 4 tons being much larger than any of the wooden vessels which other shipyards of the pacific coast are turning out the shipping board however is adopting a new type of wooden ship which is approximately the same size as the boats being constructed in the pat terson mcdonald yards mrs wll wil liam hughes wife of the premier and attorney general of the great south pacific commonwealth acted as sponsor at the launching and was presented with one of 0 the most blab orate sponsor souvenirs in the history of seattle shipbuilding the gift being a platinum horseshoe scarf pin inlaid with beautiful diamonds and precious stones |