ONE VOYAGE ONLY
Making one passage in the South Pacific Line's passenger service from Saigon and Eastern ports to New Zealand, the steamer Roggeveen is due at Wellington from' Auckland tomorrow. The Roggeveen, of 4782 tons gross, is relieving the Tasrrian, the regular steamer on the run, while the latter is receiving overhaul. The Roggeveen is named after Jacob Roggeveen, who commanded the Dutch "Three Ship Expedition" on his voyage round the world to Java, via Cape Horn, in 1721-22.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 88, 15 April 1939, Page 7
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80ONE VOYAGE ONLY Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 88, 15 April 1939, Page 7
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