A NEW LAUNCH
SERVICE ON WAIKAREMOANA
The Prime Minister advises that the Tourist Department's new launch for service on Lake Waikaremoana will be put into the water next week.
■ The launch is a very handsome vessel, and has been built by Mr. B. J. L. Jukes, of Balcna Bay, Wellington. It has seating accommodation for 50 passengers, is 35ft long, 9ft in beam, and is sft in depth. The boat is propelled by a 40 h.p. Thorneycroft petrol engine, which will develop about 9 knots. Electric lighting is provided, and the comfort of travellers is catered for as far as is possible in a launch of such dimensions. The launch will be running on the lake in time for the Christmas holidays.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19291126.2.83
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 128, 26 November 1929, Page 11
Word Count
122A NEW LAUNCH Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 128, 26 November 1929, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in