THE OLD AND THE NEW.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 4

THE OLD AND THE NEW.

BUAHINE AND AOBANGI AKRITI^

■':. : ;As; tlje {steamers ..Aorahgi' alii;; Euahinv > frbni^Sydney; vnioved; .up- :'to.;tte;, T'esterdaVi'-afteN C nodriilone 'coidd' ; \VitJi!the-dissiniilarity: of tnetwo:yessels—'•; the alnha -and omega: of tbe New, Zealand 1 ;: ShipEihg',Conipany>;neet. : : •The/Aoraugi,;.; 'with her -pretty ;cnt-away.:bow,:'her.ifine':.; lines--and -three-masts,• mpving;;:thrdugh :> ' the ; ; smooth ;■ waters with: -ail:; tne'istately ;■"-, ['grace'-of; a y'aclit,-;represented' twenty T seven/years, itgo; deemed;to;-he•:the;; .■ modern i ' : idea. ■passenger and/.:it./wasia.'proud;; .aay::-for; : the company..; wJiich takes its name from the Dominion ■; Jwhen;the:Vessel waters ! . of ',the;;bay.':,'She'; w'as..one of4he, first;-: , threes steamers'- of '-i the"; company-(others;. .'JJSingi!',they-iluapelm : and:';.Tongariro)-td',; . enferinnto'f between;; Londdn.; : { .and\'thisv country, .;in ;to - .;theb hardy- :61d -'."lime-juicers," -which., ih-'-thosa.;;. Maya -;us'ed r to swarm.' into our -ports to pick'-,-;; •up the fat' wool-bales;to;th'e s nrusio-of 'i.the : f cheerful" chanty.'-ilt -is;to.'-.the-credit; of ij :-;her;..-desighefs- : and' buUders';:;,that^;i : the ; ;' ■Aorangi ;(now.'flying the-Unidn Steam Ship.:';'Company'B house-, nag),'::is'stiU:'a;comfo_rti ,: : ' ! able.,and;'servioeal)leye|sel,; good, for injury.:; gears'; of;; servicers, t ■'■':;-£ .':;.;; ;■>•'<.;;;;:,-:/; :■ - : ,;;' ''■: In.' striking. • 'distinction; to the; Aorahgi': -' is''-'the;. ;, -Buanihe,:::a v -'brdßd-hiiUed,' , -..toUoV; i . substahtialrlooking'V;steamer,, '.biiilt .for-.-utility,,-rather'than'/ior' the.-display.-.of:' -)ibsi''-;attractiv l ß' l ■vogue -three"decades" ago.'. 'She;.,;is. one.-; of 'the.'latest-.-ofcrthe-..-New -Zealand. Ship-;: ping': Company's 'fleet; .and .shows' the' best;-; featurcsV'of ;a,"modern'.'.cargd-oarrier;'and;:-.passenger -steamer;, combined.;,; A quarter - of "a.'.cehtury, hence; the; steamers: of;, the c 'day 'wiil;''.in all' probability,...show,;just as v striking a ctotrast.to.the.BuahiheasthD;;;. Aorangi -does'to,'that {vessel to-day.', Tho.-.; influences "of : oil;fuel,;electricity.deyelop-';;; 'mentf,' wireless -telegraphy;;, and - airships,'-, .combined .undiscovered,';.wilh' of {.course,: bring". niany: changes. ■;:;; -.■;•