For The NZ-lslands Trade
p. 27 · Read in the full issue
New 6,000-Tonner: The Tofua
A MODERN vessel of 6,000 tons, with a speed of 17-18 knots and a passenger capacity of at least 100 is being built by Union SS Co. Ltd., for the New Zealand- Fiji-Samoa-Niue-Cook Islands service.
She will not be available until 1951, how ever—shipbuilding is a slow process, nowadays.
The new ship will be named “Tofua,” after a steamer that was famous in the South Seas trade 30 or 40 years ago, and that subsequently was sold to the Japan ese. The “Tofua” and “Matua” will jointly maintain the service thati the overcrowded “Matua” now carries on alone.