Wrc "Rabaul"
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Handsome 10,000-Tonner Inaugurates New Round-Pacific Service
THE newly-acquired Carpenter 10,000tons ship Rabaul, inaugurating the new Carpenter schedule Vancouver - Fiji - Auckland - Sydney - New Guinea - Philippines-East Asia-Vancouver, arrived in Sydney on November 12.
The other new 10,000-tonner, the Lautoka, is expected to leave Vancouver, on the same route, in December. The two vessels, with the well-known Suva, will maintain a two-monthly schedule until other ships are added to the service.
The founder of the Carpenter group of companies, Sir Walter Carpenter, arrived in Sydney on the Rabaul. His inaugural work, during 25 years, was done in Syd ney, but in the late thirties he went to Canada and established the copra-milling industry there, and he now resides in Canada, as the active directing head of the Canadian company.
The accompanying photograph of the Rabaul, taken recently in Vancouver harbour, shows the handsome lines of the new ships. They have comfortable accommodation for 12 passengers.
The New WRC Ship “Rabaul”