FIFTY YEARS AGO.
♦ i AUCKLAND-BUILT STEAMER. t 3 TRIAL TRIP OF ROYAL ALFRED. ' (From the HERALD of August 10, 1668.) 1 . Our steam coasting fleet in the Thames ' ' line is increased by the addition of the r j finest steamer that has been turned out I from any shipbuilding yard in Auckland. The Royal Alfred promises to bo a credit . to the engineering, shipbuilding and ship- - owning community, a boat eminently suited t j either for the Thames trade, or for any " I other line of coasting or inter-colonial 3 j traffic. Many prominent citizens were on ' ] board the vessel at the invitation of the r ! owners when the trial run was made to • J Waiheke. The expectations as regards ; ! speed and comfort of the vessel were' fully > | realised. The Royal Alfred will make her | maiden trip to the Thames this morning.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16925, 10 August 1918, Page 9
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