[?]erving NZ Meteorological
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HE NZ Government has let a contract to the Holm Shipping of Wellington to provide a twice rly service to meteorological ions at Raoul Island (Kermadecs), 1 Campbell Island.
"he company will use the vessel Imburn which made its first run Raoul under the new arrangement late October.
Captain Thomson took up duty in tember as Rabaul’s Harbour ster m place of Captain Copland 3 is to go on leave.
tribe to make use of its name in naming the ship.
This handy vessel, the Ai Sokula, intro duced to the Fiji trade by Carpenters, is now running regularly between Suva and the Colony’s ports, bring ing in copra. She is 555 tons gross, 171 feet long, is equipped and engined to serve as a tug, and can carry 250 tons of copra. This photo was taken at Somo somo, Taveunl, dur ing the ceremonies in September last, wherein the ship’s owners were given formal permission by a paramount Fijian