THE OLD S.S. WELLINGTON.
■ j SEEAIIEE';^TH?I ''BISTOEY: )z . :(iiy ,\Telcßfaph.—SDectal:porfeapoDdontJ •' v:::-vi^;v ; '.': v ?.'::;Aucklaindi : January: 20; ;: ; . 'T 'After 'lying at/aiiohbr in "Bbtten. Row''. , I jsars,; ,the;;s,s, ! Wellington Iβ now ■ .befng disifiantled ■■:. at.'Quay.'Street' Jetty- ii-Efet engines will, bo. removed, and •ier;hull ■ -utilised \'ae ; : ;ar'stpre :• ship;: v.".; ■ ' lines, 'hasithe ; reputation vpf Being':-.the , prettitstv steamer; yet^eMh;-in .'J colonial .waters.. She'itas b'uili at.Glasgbw.in 1863 ■for.-: the ..New.: Zealand : Steam ; *Navigatine Company/'.'who 'at '• that. time "had: iis 'head ofice■-:at ■■. Wellington. ' On. her •'arrival fromiQlasgbw,, the JrVellington whs placed 'in ;.thV'trade .between.thevMatLukau'' and .■puriedini V catting •' at v ;Taranaki, ■■- Nelson; 'Wellington,: and Lyttelten..'.ln thisrunaing .mo,.contin'Tied.'until,.-the:/adTent of' .the, Union Steam Ship-;Cbmp.any,'whp ran: inVppipbsition?.to .the: old "company,', and. feT«iitTi»lly.;pnrcha|ed,the'.,Wcllington,''aild •toployed-her.'in;th«:Aucklaii<i,-yfhahga-ieij, and; a'nd Tanrangd', trade:;untiH 1681,;^hen,she.was so 1 ,4,t0-the Northern';. Steani6hip ; ,Coinpany/v: < •:.,:.; :. :..■;,'..',: i.U.The.U.atteT ;company.'.kept r thbiWellingiton ■■rttnning ; ?till/ abpijt;jourj. ycarsr'.ago; .■whin' -her :; set yioes' were- np.-'vlonger. .re-, 'qmted,;;and she.. : waq. : laid'iup''in,'/Botten TOW," !affer jt£ : years' rCpntinubus !employ.iaent;, !^;'^,f.,^ : ;;■<':■;;:'/• \-v;Y-.' ; i-)*r"+ : •,
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 10
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150THE OLD S.S. WELLINGTON. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 10
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