THE NEW MOTOR SHIP
FOR NEW ZEALAND TRADE. /per Press Association —Copyright.) (“ Sun.”) (Received This Day, 9.55 a-ml v LONDON, March 50. The 20,000-ton motor ship that Swan, Hunter, Ltd., of Walkend, are to build for the Shaw, Savill and Albion. Company is to be used in the service to New Zealand via Panama. The firm of Fan-field, Ltd., of Govan, is building a sister ship.
The new vessel will be the largait vessel trading to New Zealand. The Aorangi, the Union Steam Shin Company’s motor ship, at present the largest vessel visiting Dominion waten|, is 17,491 tons gross. ,The Shaw, Savdl vessel which is to have a length or 60U feet, wiU be 20 feet longer than the Aorangi. ,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10704, 30 March 1926, Page 5
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