GOVERNMENT STEAMERS
The annual report of the Marine Department states tj-t ewing w -he necessity for reti*Tchment and eco nomv it was decided to lay up tho ■ • Hinemoa, which has for very many years carried out the work of hig to lighthouses, harbour buoys, and Beacons, and to replace her by the s.s. Wmiekai, which intensive overhaul and r*.lit fo P nose and which will now carry out Ihe whole of the departmental won. Ss very vatoabto vessel to 8 d ‘4-thp Sol IS ex?en^s n tor “upkX have consequently been small until recm'tly. when more money had to oe expended on her in- View of her a«e. cu’ a veirv serviceable vessel, bid in Sy during the last few vears. had proved rather ™ all w qu r± y ■n good condition, a-nd should be useful for some years.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 2, 27 September 1922, Page 4
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139GOVERNMENT STEAMERS Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 2, 27 September 1922, Page 4
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