The Northern Company's steamer Wakatere, the last of Auckland's passenger carrying paddle steamers, is to be laid up indefinitely. Her place in the Auckland-Thames trade, where she has been engaged successfully for over thirty years, is to be taken by the handy screw steamer Rangitoto (inset), formerly the Admiralty vessel Ant- During her years of service the Wakatere has been singularly free from any serious mishap, the-only trouble of any consequence occurring some years ago when she ran down a scow.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 5 July 1926, Page 8
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81The Northern Company's steamer Wakatere, the last of Auckland's passenger carrying paddle steamers, is to be laid up indefinitely. Her place in the Auckland-Thames trade, where she has been engaged successfully for over thirty years, is to be taken by the handy screw steamer Rangitoto (inset), formerly the Admiralty vessel Ant- During her years of service the Wakatere has been singularly free from any serious mishap, the-only trouble of any consequence occurring some years ago when she ran down a scow. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 5 July 1926, Page 8
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