R.M.S. AORANGI TO RETURN TO FORMER RUN
-Press Association
By Telegraph-
WELLINGTON, April 7. After an absence of six years, the 17,000-ton passenger liner R.M.S. Aorangi is expected to Te-enter- the New Zealand Australia-Canada trade in six inonths. The Aorangi is now proceeding to Sydney, where she will undergo a relit, which will restore her accommodation to peacetime standard. Early in the war, the Aorangi was converted for a troop transport and she has carried thousands of Servicemen to the battle areas. - She assisted in ferrying t.roops across the Atlantic and was for some time stationed at English ports. Later she'was used by the South east Asia Command. She will return to her former service, taking passengers between Auckland, Sydney, Suva, Hono lulu and Yancouver.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 April 1946, Page 7
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