THE ISLAND TRADE.
IOFUA'S TRIAL TIM'S.. ; .'•! -to*.-T£i,rOl:Al-H.—I'UESS associatio:;.) : • ■ Bunsiiln, April 14. : The Union ,Company's new/steamer Tofua, which was;'specially :.builb-;fpif." thb : ,islands - trade,. gaveVsatisfactory -results' -during her • ' final trial trip on ilic Clyde.' ;In jjrtfavouy-. ablo, weather, • and in loaded trim,' she averBpped ;of knbts ,pvqr;;a' measured: :miic. toLiverpool, t 'sne.- : maintained civ average speed of Jl'i'i 1 knots an hour with ptily three out'of ~ her ' four. boilers; in- use.. I'he Tofua, which * is admirably equipped for the Eastern i'ncilic • trade,"; is 350ft;;long,, 48ft.: broad,: and 81ft. deep'.' Her 'gross toiihage'-is';4'2oQ: ton's, equal to -ihat.of; the Jloeraki. /Accommodation is' ■ provided for lOOlirst-class and 44 second-class ■ passengers. All the first-class cabins, as well as, dining, '.smoking-rooms, aro situated' onthc dwk;--'.ftonb of the cabin's is suited ifpivmorb.than three persons. Adequato provision .is mado for the carrying* of fruit aud tropical cargo; '. ' Under the I command: of CaptainAl'Bcth the Tofiia left Liverpool last •; Sunday .for;-Sydney,' viai South ;'Africa. Slio ' leaves Sydney.'on June 123 to enter the islands aorvice. The Tofua will take tlia place of the Navua. v
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 174, 16 April 1908, Page 11
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174THE ISLAND TRADE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 174, 16 April 1908, Page 11
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