THE NEW RIMUTAKA
REFIT IN LONDON DOCK SERVICE TO DOMINION The liner Rimutaka, formerly tho P. and 0. vessel Mongolia, has been in one of the Royal Albert dry docks refitting for her new service with the New Zealand Shipping Company, states the Port of London Authority Monthly. Some of tho passenger accommodation will bo converted into refrigerated cargo space for the carriage of meat and dairy produce, and the liner's black funnel has been painted buff and her upperworks white in keeping with the New Zealand Shipping Company's colour scheme.
On her first voyage in the new trade, the Rimutaka will arrive at Auckland from London in Januarv.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23134, 5 September 1938, Page 8
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109THE NEW RIMUTAKA New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23134, 5 September 1938, Page 8
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