OVERHAUL OF MATANGI

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 671, 24 May 1929, Page 11

OVERHAUL OF MATANGI

CHARTER TO ANCHOR CO. RUMOURED TO RELIEVE ON NELSON RUN Will the Northern Company’s passenger 'steamer Matangi, which has been lying at anchor in the harbour for some montfis, relieve the Anchor Company’s steamers Ngaio and Arahura in the Nelson-Wellington ferry service, while the latter vessels undergo their overhaul and survey? It is rumoured so on the waterfront. The Matangi is to dock this afternoon to have her hull cleaned and painted. Tomorrow she undocks again and from unofficial advices it is understood that the Anchor Company has chartered the vessel while their steamers, Ngaio and Arahura, undergo their annual overhaul and survey. It is reported that three engineers belonging to the Northern Company have received notice to sign on the vessel next Monday. The Matangi was built for an Australian company in 1908 and was used on the Brisbane coast, her name being Mourilyan. She is a vessel of 1,349 tons gross with a length of 220 feet, breadth 36 feet, depth 11 feet, and was built by A. Stephen and Sons. Ltd., Glasgow'. Until recently the Matangi was used on the Auckland-Tauranga run. but owing to the falling off of trade she was relieved by the Ngapuhi. which in turn was superseded by the auxiliary schooner Ronaki.