TWO NEW STEAMERS.
WAIKAWA AND WAIHEMO. TO LEAVE LONDON SOON. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Thursday. The new steamers Waiknwa and Waihemo. each of about 9.000 tons dead--weiorht, which were (purchased by the Union Company recently, are expected to leave England in September and October respectively, to enter into the Pacific Coast, New Zealand, and Australian trade, in conjunction with the Waimarino, Waihora, Kurow and the new steamer Wairuna. Captain J. Thomson, master of the Waihemo, when that vessel was sunk by the Germans during the war, will leave Sydney shortly for England, to take command of the Waikawa.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 170, 18 July 1919, Page 7
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