"In the early dins of the gold rush and eolonisiition an' sort of ship was pressed into service, and the immigrant ships coming to New Zealand were many and varied:" said Mr. I!. A. Falla, addressing the Shivlovevs, Society in Auckland on ships of the. past. The ponditious on board some of the immigrant, vessels were extraordinary, the speaker added, and it was not uncommon for unlucky ships to take from three, to four moubs to complete the voyage,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19141, 9 October 1936, Page 10
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