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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 109, 8 March 1890, Page 4

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Diinua-thn pa si tortfiighf (Writes a ; i.i^ii A:«ri-ss].'uud«ii<- :<)ii ihe ,2,5 th -,' .-.,. a-.. . \;r ' w--> Y.tss-r.i^ ,- uilt s£>£<;u|ijy ') ilw New, ' Zealand, iraile have beeu Hi^fied vi th*» Se^to-'the haw. fji ■ il l & Ai ii;ii (Jo, Un the 14th instant the - •/ Vi •■ i -rtukj bviiit "y 11 Bt6ph*Biißon S'.i-.i (''.»;;. | ■«!«>■-. «.f Newcastle, whs ii'cen ri uVr dial trip. She i* ft - tin s.-aWerk'eii. vessel, 340 feet *'j". . ■i-& i" t f»v • "i9 L IVnt, umi--ha* . been .-[•ei-ni.-, (jit.-d lip f.»r the ft. z>>ti meat iriu :• A oomjlwle .syrtmn <»f inpuiati.a h».s. -fit n adopted in her holds?wi'v<(i ti ■ oks, Hti<i there are three posvciful itrfrigerating ongines tV Moms Hnblam an'-l Company, of Doiby. The insulated chambers are fcaloulau-d capkliJe <if '-'hiilditi^; 86,000 uarcu«eß. The propelling macbiuery coasistfs of a set. of tiip!« expiinsiou etiy;i!j«B about -."..'1700 .'indicated horsepower. The' v^ss^l attained a mean speed of 11-8 knots in four ruiis over the measuvHd,! mile. The second addition, the steel s.s. Maori, was built by Messrs ■. Swan , and Hunter, A alls vnd, rtitd. her. official trial took place tin Monday l.iist. The JimetisMns «.f the vessel" are:— 334 feet by 40 ft-et by 25f # .fept. She has a long poop, bridge-house adiid ships, aud topgallant' forecast iei ; j^elliilkr double bottom L througliouK and is built to Xloyd's highest, class -'on the three deck rule under special siirvey. Her engines are by the Walseud lipway •aijd Engineering Company, with ■cylinders 26iu , 42in., and 69iu '\y 43iu The trial Was attended by {Japtaili MacKiray, Mr Carfick and Mr Scotland, on behalf of th« Shaw, SaviH &' Albion Company The mean *peed on the nieasured mile was 12£ knots. Aftei* the trial the Maori pro -ceeded to London to load foi N^w Zea- ; laud.— Post.