Fleet Of Five "Small" Ships
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For Wphc
FIVE small ships built in New Zealand last year for the Western Pacific High Commission are now at work in the Islands.
They are called “Margaret,” “Maureen,”
“Mary,” “Myrtle” and “Margery”; are all 60 feet long with a 16-feet beam; were built in Auckland, of NZ- kauri, by Charles Bailey & Sons, Ltd., to the design of Mr. Hubert Sabben, of the Public Works Department, Fiji.
The little ships are equipped with 102 h.p. diesel engines, radio receiving and transmitting sets, and electric light.
“Margaret” and “Maureen” belong to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, and are now working in that Group. “Mary,”
“Myrtle” and “Margery” belong to the Solomon Islands Administration, and now are on duty there.
Sir Alexander and Lady Grantham were in New Zealand during March. Sir Alex ander, as Governor of Fiji, was attend ing the conference on civil aviation held in Wellington. There were delegates from Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zea land.