HER LAST VOYAGE.
THE OLD ROTOMAHANA.
TO BE SCUTTLED ON MONDAY. • (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association). (Received May 26, 9.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, May 26. The old steamer Rotomahana, which was for many years in the MelbourneNew Zealand passenger and cargo service, and the inter-Tasmanian service, will'begin her last voyage on Monday, when she will be towed three miles outside Port Philip Heads to be sunk.
The Union Company's steamer Rotomahana was yclept the "greyhound of the Pacific," as she put up some very fast, runs on the New Zealand coast and also on the trip across the Tasman Sea.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17412, 26 May 1928, Page 7
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100HER LAST VOYAGE. Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17412, 26 May 1928, Page 7
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