NEW MOTOR SHIP

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19137, 5 October 1936, Page 3

NEW MOTOR SHIP

THE TOKYO MARU s PEED Y GAHO <) VESSEI - Willi the exception o[ the compass, the Tokyo Main, the new motor ship which arrived at Auckland on Friday from Sydney, was built lock, stock and barrel in Japan. Launched in. June oi this year, she is now on her maiden voyage and has given every satisfaction up to the present stage. To-day then> is no faster cargo vessel running from Japan. Her maximum speed is 21 knots, an c ] she, with her sister vessel the Canberra Main, are the most up-to-date freighters in the ■lapan- Australia-New Zealand' service. Built at (he M'itsui Tama dockyard, she has a grow tonnage of 6477 tons, and net 5858 tons. Her length is 420 ft.. beam 57ft.. depth 36ft., and draught 26ft-. Owned by the Osaka Shosen Kaisha Line, the Tokyo Maru is one of five vessels engaged in. the trade, between Japan and Australia or Japan and New Zealand. Two vessels trade between Jaynii and Australia, and three between Japan and .New Zealand. On the Tokyo Main are 12 passenger slate rooms, till roomy and beautifully finished in Japanese oak. The furnish'iiig's a,e excellent, and there is that \eiy essentia] atmosphere of comfort wtried go'es'fo make travelling a pleasure. (in.- her present voyage good weather conditions" have been experienced' throughout, and at times the freighter has leached a speed of 20 knots.