LAUNCH OF A STEAMER.
FOR- THE AUSTRALASIAN SERVICE. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received October 29, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, 28th October. The steamer Mineric, intended for the San Francisco-Australasian mail service, has been launched at Glasgow. Some, time ago it was announced that Messrs. Weir, the managers of the Australian Mail Line, were having built a new steamer, to be larger than any of tho others at present engaged in the service, for the San Francisco-Apia-Auckland-Sydney running. The present fleet comprises the Invcrtay, Croydon, Century, Tymeric, and Katanga. These vessels maintain a four-weekly service from Vancouver and San Francisco to Auckland and Sydney via A.pia. Particulars of the new vessel are not available yet.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 104, 29 October 1909, Page 7
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114LAUNCH OF A STEAMER. Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 104, 29 October 1909, Page 7
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