Mv Malekula
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To Enter New Guinea Servi Shortly
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Moresby, Jan. 6.
ANEW 3,200 ton ship, built in tl Glasgow shipyards for Bun Philp and Co., should be rea( to sail for Australia towards the er of February, and will then go in service on the Papua-New Guini run.
She is the Malekula, with a hi similar to that of the Malaita; h whereas the latter has accommodi tion for 61 passengers, the ne vessel will carry only 12. Tb change has been made to allow f much larger refrigeration car* space. The Malekula has been bui with 10,500 cubic feet of space fi refrigerator cargo, with separa sections for meat, fruit and veg( tables, and butter and eggs. H general cargo capacity is 3,000 tor against the 2,740 of the Malaita.
The ship’s ports of call in tl Territory will be Samarai, Rabai Lombrum, Lorengau, Madang, La and back to Samarai, en route Sydney.
This new vessel has been order* as part of the company’s policy < replacing tonnage lost during tl war. Already, another ship has bee ordered in London. It will be 2,000-tons diesel craft.