Trade Fair
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‘Tofua' As A Trade Fair
The Islands vessel Tofua has been especially prepared for its part in the New Zealand Trade Mission to the Pacific. rwill be the first time a New Zealand ship has been used as a floating trade fair, but the fittings have been so arranged that they do not intefere with the comfort of the passengers. And Tofua has been noted as a comfortable ship ever since she arrived in New Zealand on her maiden voyage in December, 1951.
Since then she has become a famous and well loved link between New Zealand and the South Sea islands, as she runs her passenger and cargo service in conjunction with the Matua.
Tofua, owned by the Union Steam Ship Co., is 375 ft in length, 54 ft in breadth and has a gross tonnage of 5,299 tons. Speed is 16J knots.
Tofua was built in 1951 by William Denney and Bros. Ltd., Dumbarton, and sailed from Liver pool in November, 1951, for Auck land via the Panama.
She has accommodation for 73 passengers, all in one class. She operates out of Auckland at monthly intervals, the round trip taking about three weeks. Her present master, Captain N. H. Pearson, brought her out in 1951.
Her usual ports of call are Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau, Niue, Pago Pago, Apia, Suva and back to Auckland.
A TEAL prop-j et Electra gets a warm welcome at Tahiti's new airport. TEAL will fly the mission to Tahiti on its Pacific trade tour.