FORMER TRANSPORT.
SOLD TO GERMAN BUYERS. (By Telegraph—Special to Standard). AUCKLAND, Nov. 20. By a strange turn of fortune’s wheel one of the ships that helped to win the war for the Allies has' been purchased by Germany. The well-known liner Arawa has been sold to German buyers for £24,000. During the war the Arawa was used as a transport. She passed safely through that dangerous period, and since peace w r as declared has traded regularly between the Old Country and New Zealand. Except during the war period she has been trading steadily on this route since 1907. The vessel was built at Newcastle and her tonnage is 9372 gross. Her nett tonnage is 5985, and she carried 11,769 tons deadweight. She arrived at Southampton from New Zealand on September 15.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 304, 21 November 1928, Page 6
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