Friends in England of n crippled Wairarana veteran sent him out a motor invalid chair at Christmas time. The Rapgitane's lifeboats are fitted with propellers and hand-worked levers ami are aide to attain a speed of six knots. This is one of the most interesting features of the New Zealand Shipping Co.'s latest motor-liner to reach Auckland, Her sister ships, the Rnngitjki and the Rangitata, are also fitted with those tew lifeboats.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19300210.2.15
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17180, 10 February 1930, Page 3
Word Count
72Untitled Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17180, 10 February 1930, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in