MODERN FREIGHTER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27514, 7 October 1950, Page 6

MODERN FREIGHTER

FIRST VISIT TO OTAGO The third of five cargo vessels built under the Shaw Savill Lines post-war programme, the Persic, is expected at Port Chalmers on Wedhesday. Launched in June last year, the Persic has already made her maiden voyage to New Zealand, but this will be her rs visi o the Port of Otago. Included in her cargo is equipment for the city s new traffic lights which are to be installed at the Stock Exchange.

A twin-screw turbine steamer of 13,750 tons, the Persic has no passeneer accommodation, but her general EIVfh.SISS X'hs rliaSZJt IfL’Si mS™ The TahSany 0 be* afl fifed with a s P r^f di t yP e li ?^ iat T h e f’ m C e U ss- ™ tables for Kr six mght d tcil h f„rniXd Theofficers' accom"SS&aSFISi rsaivTi'eVs a jss on the boat deck. These rooms are veneered in eucalyptus Santa Vera. Most of the ratings are accommodated in two-berth cabins, and hot and cold water is laid on to all washbasins

throughout the ship. There is a small laundry with a washing maohme and drying rooms, as well as oiiSKin iock ! ofSrell Si ve dec, lss Hs- tsSLSS -a -s fa &ar ssaiysf & tS"wTtt'J'liilfet drE 2 hatch" radar wireless direction finder, echo With the launching of the Runic and Sag'S r Sr ,£a " “ th e outbreak of war in 1939. The Persic was scheduled to arrive today, but she has been delayed at Lyttelton. She should be at Port Chalmers for about six days.