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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1951Vol. XXI, No. 10

New Little Ships For

p. 82 · Read in the full issue

Polynesia

Twtt motor rrnispr Alexandria 300 tons was pui chased i ecently in AucKiana, New Zealand, at a very low price, by three young men, Messrs. Barnett, Graham and Harrison. They have re conditioned her, and propose to use her to carry cargo and passengers in or bet ween Fiji, Samoa and the Cook Islands.

Mr. Gordon Light, of Endean Buildings, Auckland, is looking for bookings.

The Bermuda-rigged ketch, New Golden Hind, powered with two 66 hp engines, has been bought in New Zealand by Messrs. Athol Rusden and Ronald Baker, and they intend to run her for hire in the cook Islands and French Oceania. She was formerly used by the Public Works Department of New Zealand. She has taken on a crew of Americans and New Zealanders and plans an extended tour in Eastern Polynesia.