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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 June 1915, Page 3

— — ' *" -^v A! correspondent to our Hawera c0n- „,.,.;*..... "The steamer teneporarv /writes. *<«- Stor-nibird. mentioned i» your yester- ! duv's i*snc m having celebrated he" (Hst liirthday. was a regular trader in the sixties between Wellington, Wanganui. and X« Plymouth. bho was cut in half anl lengthened some > rears ago. but has nevertheless enjoyed I a career unique l in the history of coastal steamers. Although the Stormbird ft as had several .narrow escapes, she can etill claim an unbroken record so tar la* immunity from shipwreck is con- . cerned All her old coasting rivals have gone—the Airedale. Rangatira, ARuriri. Ladybird, Phoebe and a lost of other well-known to •New, Plymouth, in the early days. ,