AKAROA SAILS.
New Liner Begins Her Maiden Voyage. United Pres* Assn.—By Electrlo Telegraph—Copy r* t. LONDON, December 20. The interesting association between the town of Akaroa, where the British flag was first hoisted in the South Island of New Zealand, and the Shaw Savill Company’s new motor-liner Akaroa was mentioned by Sir Thomas Wilford (High Commissioner) in his message read at a luncheon on board the liner on the eve of her sailing on her maiden voyage. Sir Thomas complimented the company on its foresight in determining to be ready for the good times which were coming instead of waiting for them to arrive. One of the principal speakers said that from the point of view of utility there was no better ship in the New Zealand trade. Mr Malcolm MacDonald, Under-Secre-tary for Dominion Affairs, in a happy speech, stressed the importance of British ships in the flow of Empire trade.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 643, 22 December 1932, Page 12
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