Third Engine For "Hifofua"
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From Our Own Correspondent
Nuku’Alofa. Jan., 9.
THE Government despatch vessel, Hifofua left to-day for Suva, Fiji, where she will undergo complete overhaul and also have her new Eng lish diesel engine installed. This will be the ship’s third engine since she was brought from Auckland. New Zealand, where she was built in 1927.
Regarded as an unlucky ship because of her many misfortunes ranging from all kinds of engine trouble to running aground, and a penchant for wandering off her course that have dogged her since her maiden voyage out from New Zealand, the Hifofua has been the cause of many headaches. Even her sailing schedule has become a standard joke in the Kingdom.
When it is advertised that she is to sail at a certain time, that means that she will sail at any time, from an hour to a day or week later, other than the time advertised.