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Sir William Ellis, Managing Director of the great shipbuilding firm of John Brown, Glasgow, when interviewed in England on his return from New Zealand, gave high praise to the LytteltonWellington service. As the liners now go direct to Wellington, he said, “this is a great convenience ,as it lessens very considerably the amount of travelling involved. A very fine ferry boat, as it is still called, the Rangatira, ot 6000 toils, built by Messrs Vickers at Barrow, takes the visitor at twenty knots in every comfort down to Lyttelton, which is the port for Christchurch, which is reached in threequarters o.‘ an hour by an excellent electric train service. For promptness and speed this is certainly the best ferry service 1 have experienced, the transhipping of 500 cr more passenegi's with luggage from boat to train at Lyttelton in less than twenty minutes being certainly a. creditable performance.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1932, Page 6
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150LATE LOCALS Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1932, Page 6
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