The 'Monowai'

Last Cruise of The 'Monowai'

After much speculation on what would eventually happen to her (see shipping section, page 101), t Union Company * a "! that the old Trans-Tasman pas senger liner “Monowai” had been :«W to a Hongkong Arm for breaking-up. Purchasers « e Far East Metal Industries and Shipping Co., Ltd.. and the P rlc « is £NZ165.000, with delivery at Well -111 Above, are some of the identities who made the final cruise in “Monowai” in June, photographed bv “PIM” staff correspondent in Suva, Jim Shortall, as the ship made her last call there. From left, they are: Captain Frank Young, in com mand; Captain Edwards, who was navigating officer during her years of naval service, and who travelled as a passenger: Radio Officer Pat Rae, second most senior of the Union Company’s radio staff, who has been in charge of the ships radio station in post-war years, and who was in “Awatea” when she was sunk in the Mediterranean dur ing the war; Mr. George Tuaine, of Aitutaki, the ship’s chef, 54 years with the company and who has not seen his home island since 1914; and Mr. Arthur Izod, Cabin Class steward, who has also had long service in “Monowai” and was in ‘Awatea” during the war, and who will now retire to his Bondi, Sydney, home.