S.S. “NIKAU”
CONVERTED TO MOTOR SHIP. NELSON, May 15. It is several years now since the small steamer “Nikau, ” with marked (regularity considering that she spent six- nights a week in Cook Strait, plied her passenger trade with other Anchor Company vessels between Nelson and Wellington. The vessel, which is of 230 tons was laid up, along with the “Ngaio,” the “Regulus” and other ships when the depression was) at its height. After easting idle reflections in -the still waters of the Port fq? some time, the little vessel has again had attention directed 'to her, and work was re cently commenced to fit her out anew. She has been painted afresh. With an altered structure and fittings, and with a completely new set of engines, •the “Nikau” has been converted into a modern motor vessel for the carrying of cargo, and given a. new lease of life.
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Grey River Argus, 16 May 1935, Page 5
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