MAORI NAMES

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 117, 13 November 1935, Page 13

MAORI NAMES

. FOE NEW VESSELS

TRANS-TASMAN AWATEA

Three Maori names have been chosen by the Union Steam Ship Company for the ships now under construction in British shipyards, and which are expected to be in service next year. Ttie new luxurious trans-Tasman liner is to be named Awatea, which, translated into English, means "broad daylight." This liner was laid down in the yards of Vickers-Armstrong, Ltd., last June, and embodies the latest methods of ship construction. With a service speed of 23 knots this vessel will be one of the fastest in the Southern Hemisphere. The Awatea will be about 544 ft overall, with a [ breadth of 74ft and a gross tonnage of 14,000. The bow will be well raked, and the ship will have a cruiser stern, two squat oval funnels, and two masts. The motor-ship now under iconstruction by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Ltd., at Linthouse, Glasgow, is to be named Kauri, which name • was borne for many years by an earlier cargo steamer of the company. She will be specially designed for the carriage of timber and' general cargo in the intercolonial trade, and will be capable of carrying, in addition to fuel, fresh water, stores, etc., a deadweight cargo of about 3000 tons. Electric winches and large hatchways will be a feature of the vessel. Matua is the name selected for the third vessel, a 3900-ton motor-ship intended for the carriage of fresh fruit in the Auckland-Fiji-Tonga-Samoa trade. The name means "parent." Modern accommodation will be provided for forty passengers, permitting island tours under comfortable conditions. ■ '