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Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1924, Page 4

x[■:\v motdi: snri' .\<v.:.\\'or. The laiiinhino ol' tin l Tnion Company's lit w motor ship Aorn ll•_> i on | .fm;t> 17t li.. from tin' ,slii) lillililili'j: yards uf tli'.‘ 'I-'iiirlii'!fl s!iii>lmil<lin«r ft ml Ku;riin i'i-in;' ( n., 1.n!., was wiinc'scd hv a ri'jnrsi'iitativc outhorini;. Mrs •lloldswonh. wilV uf tin' Jii:iiiii”iiiM director uf tho company, naiiird 11 isvessel. Sir Alexander .M. Kennedy, chairman of ilm Fnirlield Company. I presided tit tin* luncheon idler tlm • hwitieh. an,l in proposing siii-ivs in i. tlm now ship laid that tho vessel was . tho lii't liioii-cla.ss n;t-:itt-m>in;i pass; ni tfor I■ hit to ho propelled hy inteitial , emiiliiNiir.il enpimos. The Kaiilield , Company had had ;i Iniin and inleiesiiiiji < a Ivor, and had hoon milt'd fur , pioneer ivnrh. Tt was in Uoepiii'; with its traditiniis that it should have mil-I strm ted tho lir.-t liner to ho fitted •with Diesel eni;inos. In ISS.'t they l>n ill for the New Zealand Shipping ('oinnaiiy a vessel of the same luiiao. 'and that vessel afterwards eanit.' into 1 1 issessiiin of ‘the I’nion Steamship Company. and was sunk in tho Scapa Flow diirin;: tho war to block one of tho entrances to that naval ha.se. The new Aoraiioi was loneei hy 200! t. wider hy 2dft. deeper hy 13lt carried 7<K) ntot'o passengers. was larger hy 13.(M0 tons, mid had Diesel engines instead of eoinpotuul steam engines. The new vessel was a perfect example of naval architecture, and her propolling maeltinory was selected after tinali thought and careful invo-tina-tion. Practically every type of Internal combustion engine was considured. and ultimately if. was decided that tho Sulzor typo was lest suited to the particular requirements of tho I vessel which the owners had in view. 1