HARBOUR FERRY SOLD.
(.rr.ESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, December 8. Negotiations for the sale of the Duchess have been completed, and she was taken over to-day by her new owner. The Duchess was to have been towed to Auckland by the Government motor-ship Maui Pomare, and left in tow of her to-night. hen the two vessels reached Wellington Heads, the towline parted, and the Maui Pomare kept on her way to Auckland, while the Duchess put back to port, arriving back at her berth late to-night. Fresh arrangements will now have to bo made foi towing the Duchess to the northern port, where she will run between Auckland • and Kawau. The Maui Pomare's itinerarv did not permit her returning to "Wellington for fresh Rear to_ enable her again to take the Duchess in tow.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20106, 9 December 1930, Page 18
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