FERRY BOAT HUMOUR
STANLEY BAY "EXCURSIONS"
During the temporary indisposition of the two ferry steamers which yesterday were damaged during the heavy fog, Stanley Bay passengers are being catered for by one of the vehicular vessels, which has taken up the running in place of the veteran Pupuke. Passengers landing from the opendecked vessel during cold rain this morning were greeted with ironic humour by fellow passengers streaming from the Bayswater boat. "What's this, a picnic excursion 7" was one inquiry directed to the hardy open air travellers. "We like to travel in our plane carrier," came the ready response. The vehicular ferry, however, provides much more comfortable travel for a limited number of passengers than might appear to be the case, since she has a cabin under the wheelhouse capable of holding some forty or more people and which, by the way, is nicely warmed from the adjacent boilers
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 173, 24 July 1942, Page 6
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150FERRY BOAT HUMOUR Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 173, 24 July 1942, Page 6
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