THE RANGATIRA
BOLBTFUL PROSPJfiOTS OF
SAVING HER.
[Press Association.] ] (Received April 5, 2.5 p.m.) CAPETOWN,. April 4. Ihe prospects of saving the Ranga-; tira a,fe most doubtful.' Much of the cargo is likely to be saved, the weather permitting. (Outward bound from London to! Neiv Zealand ports, via Capetown and, Holiiirt,.the Shaw-Savill liner Ranga■tira is a twin screw vessel ' of 10^118 tons. She left London on' February 26 with approximately 12.000 tons of cargo for. the fom- chief. New Zealand; ports and was due at Auckland about > April 27. There are no,passengers on] board. The liner is one of the most modern or\ the Home vessels iin the Ne;v •'■ Zealand- ''trade,'.1 haying been: afloat but about.six years..' Captain R. D. Low den is in command.]
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Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 81, 5 April 1916, Page 8
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125THE RANGATIRA Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 81, 5 April 1916, Page 8
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