NEW COASTAL TRADER.
ORDER BY UNION COMPANY.
CONSTRUCTION ON CLYDE.
[Br TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOC/ATIOS. ] WELLINGTON. Sunday
The Union Steam Ship Company has let a tender to the Ardrossan Shipbuilding Company, of Ardrossan, on the Clyde, for a new cargo steamer of 4400 tons dead weight, to steam at 12 knots under service conditions at sea. She will be oil-burning, but built so as to be readily convertible for using pulverised coal as fuel. She will be a single-screw boat and is to be delivered at the end of the year. She will be put on the Dunedin-to-Auckland, via intermediate ports, trade.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19290422.2.38
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20236, 22 April 1929, Page 10
Word Count
101NEW COASTAL TRADER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20236, 22 April 1929, Page 10
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in