NEW ZEALAND TRADE.
TWO NEW MOTOR STEAMERS. OTHERS BEING CONVERTED. WELLINGTON, April 19. The New Zealand office of the Shaw, Savill Line has received advice from London that contracts for two motor vessels have been placed with the builders. The vessels will have four-screw Sulzer engines, developing 17,000 brake horse-power and a speed of 17 knots. There will he accommodation for 240 first and 700 thirdclass passengers. It is anticipated that the steamers will be completed at the end of 1927 for the New Zealand trade. In reference to the arrangements by which the Aberdeen line steamers Sophocles and Diogenes come into the New Zealand trade, it is announced that the first (renamed Tamaroa) will sail from England in September next, while the Diogenes (renamed Mataroa) will sail from England in November next, both being converted to oil burners. This is considered a great acquisition to the New Zealand-London passenger trade, -
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19260427.2.295
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 3763, 27 April 1926, Page 81
Word Count
151NEW ZEALAND TRADE. Otago Witness, Issue 3763, 27 April 1926, Page 81
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Witness. 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 Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in