MAUI POMARE
..... SUITABILITY FOB/ISLAND-TRADE
(Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, October ?• oLieoeat reports fro-uiDun-.-ediiiyjthat -a -.portion of '-the shipment of pranas received by the motor ship Matpy, Pomare had been landed in an condition, inquiries havp/Aieen. made as to the condition of theieijriit discharged at other ports. received from all other that have ripqpecl in good condition, apd that, prices realised, have also Spuje incorrect reports have been as to the unsuitability of | for carrying fruit. The authorities stated that the carryijig has recently been re-sur-vey by Lloyd’s, and by independent engineers, and the reports of these are to the effect that the machinery is considered suitable in everv ; way for j the,-.purpose; for. which it is. intendedCapiain ;[ MacDpnald, master of the steamer, stated-.that no/trouble, whatbeen experienced with the main engines. From the timey-fhat she left Dublin to the completipp of her voyage to Dpupdin, the, steamed 41,500 miles* In covering that great distance, the vessel had, 1 maintained an average speed of 9.7 knots.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 8 October 1928, Page 8
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162MAUI POMARE Greymouth Evening Star, 8 October 1928, Page 8
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