NEW FERRY STEAMER.
SHORTAGE OF SPEED.
(per Asportation.) WELLINGTON, last night. Two months ago the Eastbourne Borough Council's new ferry steamer arrived but it lias never been put in commission. The vessel cannot reach the stipulated speed, and though various alterations have been. made if is still half a knot or so short of the specification. In other respects it satisfied requirements. The Council refuses to pay full price, and proposes to deduct £250 for every tenth of a knot the steamer is short of the 13£ knots which was contracted for. The builders refuse to release her until the full money ft paid, contending that speed is a matter for future' adjustment. The hitch is a great disappointment, as it was specially desired to obtain a vessel of speed superior to the present boats. The latter arc also waiting for overhaul, which cannot tako place till tho new boat is in commission. Efforts are still being made to ■arrive at a compromise.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16175, 11 July 1923, Page 7
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163NEW FERRY STEAMER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16175, 11 July 1923, Page 7
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