THE "NEW" ROTOMAHANA.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13093, 18 April 1908, Page 10

THE "NEW" ROTOMAHANA.

The RotoniaJiaioa, which ban just under- . pono n tAoromjh overhaul *t Port Cbalmen, has resumed rmacinj in the fenry service. • Th© yacht-like appeaiax.K?e of the old "greyhound" hoe boon ocnsidcnab>y improved by the •whole of the upper f*ruaturo of her bull behig paictod white. This colotit hoe taeu applied to tho foreoastie head, the top side amidships, tho •■'tier nail,' and to afl the deck houses, and tho brfjik of the fere- . castio. while the ireide of tbo fciurwairke b*»' ■also been painted white. Tbo remainder of the bull has boea; thoroughly ecraped and, repainted with tho f&m'ttar olive-groin, while hex spkaidid fifruro-hesd has been rcoovatod and paiirtod white, with gold, facings. Tbm whole appeanvnoe of the shapely vessel bM , been vastly improved, «u:d it wm diffiouK to believe, wh>an rh» entered poet yesterday nujrmngi, tha-t fh-e waa the Mime oJ3 "greyhound' , which bae txwrt twaafcy-Dtne yean of aotive servioo. Captain, iWenirrj ie in : command of tho "rtew" Rotomoiatna, .which will val, how«vcr, remain, much looker in Aβ ferry ecrrioo. She is to be itrohcocl aboot the end of thj-s month by the Muam*,, which is being withdrawal from tie Sycfoey Hobtirt tr*cle to iwumo rumens ia in Lyttelton-WoEingion service. It* Botany hana will th«ti kn-ro Hμ New Zoolud and will be amplojied in th* Ujiiaßi Cta»* pony's. MeHbourco-Tasairairin eerrice.