Freighter

Burns Philp Build New Freighter For Pacific Islands Cargo Service

ANEW freighter which will trade be tween Pacific Islands and the west coast of America and Mexico, is nearing completion in Hong Kong, to the order of Burns Philp (S.S.) Co. Ltd.

It is expected that the vessel will leave Hong Kong on June 20, but it has not been decided whether it will come to Aus tralia or go direct to Fiji.

The dimensions of the vessel are; Length, 254 feet 6 inches; breadth, 44 feet; depth moulded to upper deck, 27 feet’ 6 inches: speed, 12 knots; and a cargo capacity of 2,000 tons of copra.

Captain J. F. Thomson, formerly com mander of M.V. “Mulima”, in the New Guinea inter-island trade, has gone to Hong Kong to take charge of the boat, and Captain O. C. Bray, formerly mas ter of the “Malake”, in the Fiji inter- Island service, will act as mate.

No definite timetable has been ar ranged, and probably the vessel will trade wherever cargo is offering.