CABLE SHIP TO BE SOLD
.IRIS GOES OUT OF SE ft VICE
(By Telegraph.—Press Asso Ciation.) AUCKLAND, TL tis Day. Following the placing of the cable steamer Iris on the maTket for sale, nineteen of her complement are retiring from the service of th c Pacific Board. They include Capt£ gin H. It. Hughes, the purser, the chief ! engineer, tho cable foreman, and 1 fie chief jointer, who have all been i c. tho service for 28 years. Pending ■ the sale, and the transfer of the th tJrteen remaining members of the permanent staff, tho vessel will l>o v jider the charge of the chief officer, Mr. W. Oliver.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 40, 17 February 1931, Page 9
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136CABLE SHIP TO BE SOLD Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 40, 17 February 1931, Page 9
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