New Vessel for Tahitian Trade
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From Our Own Correspondent PAPEETE, December 1.
A NEW vessel, to take the place of the small steamer Ville de Papeete, which was wrecked on the reef at Haraiki Island ('Tumotu Archipelago) last year, is now on the way from Prance to the order of the Compagnie Prancaise des Phosphates de
I’Oceanie, and will henceforth be employed in carrying freight and passengers between the Company’s headquarters in Papeete and the island of Makatea, where the phosphate mines are situated.
The vessel is a three-masted schooner, with auxiliary Sulzer Diesel engines of 375 h.p., which .will give a speed of 10 knots per hour. The schooner is 48 metres long and eight metres wide, and has accommo dation for first class as well as deck pas sengers. She also contains a refrigerating room, and the capstan and winches are operated by electricity.