New Inter-Islands Ships For
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Central Pacific
TPHE two small, modern diesel-engined * vessels now being built in England by Messrs. Burns Philp (South Sea) Co.
Ltd. for the Central Pacific trade are expected to be in commission by Septem ber next.
One is the Yanamai, which will operate in Fiji. She will be 150 ft. long, with a breadth of 28ft., and her accommodation will provide for 12 passengers in six staterooms.
The other vessel, the Moamoa, is for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands trade, with headquarters at Tarawa. Her dimensions are: length, 145 ft. and breadth, 28ft.
Primarily designed as a copra freighter, she will have berths for only six travellers.
The Moamoa will replace the M.V.
Ralum , (368 tons), which will be sent to the Solomon Islands for a time before being scrapped.