New Islands Vessel
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Contract Let for Union Co.’s M.V. Karu
THE Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd. have placed a contract with Messrs. Hawthorne, Leslie and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, for the construction of their new cargo motor vessel Karu.
Delivery of the ship will be taken in twelve months ’time.
The Karu will be of 3900 tons, and will have accommodation for 40 passengers.
She will run between Auckland, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, being engaged in the fruit trade.
The vessel will be fitted with a 100 watts wireless telegraphy transmitter and receiver, designed and constructed in Aus tralia by Amalgamated Wireless (A/sia) Ltd. Details of the new ship were pub lished in the April issue of the “Pacific Islands Monthly.”
Messrs. Hawthorne, Leslie and Co, built the Union Co.’s cargo steamer Wainui in 1930. This vessel is now suc cessfully engaged in the Melbourne-New Zealand trade.