Norfolk Is. Service
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Connection With Auckland and N.Z. Proposed
A PRIVATE syndicate, some of the members of which are in Sydney and some in Auckland, proposes to pur chase the old New Zealand lighthouse steamer, “Hinemoa”, and to establish a passenger and cargo service between New Zealand and Norfolk Island, probably also extending to Noumea.
The “Hinemoa”, a steamer of 559 tons, has been more than 60 years in ser vice. She was built at Greenock in 1876.
Norfolk Island is dependent wholly upon the Bums Philp steamer “Morin da”, running between Sydney and the New Hebrides, for communication with the outside world. There should be a good market in New Zealand and in New T Caledonia for the fruit and vege table products of Norfolk Island.
The development probably is the re sult of the very energetic work that is being done by Norfolk Island’s new ad ministrator, Sir Charles Rosenthal.