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Show COLOMBIA BUYS BIG HYDROPLANE Boat to Be Used to Carry Mail and Government Officials Down Magdalena River. New York, Nov 12. The Yolanda II. a hydroplane, drawing five inches of water, and driven upwards of forty miles an hour by two air propellors Is here awaiting shipment to Bogota, Colombia, where she will be used fo carry the malls and government officials offi-cials down the Magdalena river between be-tween the capital and the coast 600 miles. Tho boat was built at the direction of Gonzolo Mejia, a Colombian, and her light draft Is made necessary by the shallow waters of the Magdalena river |