Auckland, April 18. A tender has been accepted for the
erection of % torpedo shed and slip at -Deyoupout^,. , . ..«*.•-. -'- t x The Coptic has been chartered by the Imperial 1 Government a« a fa:st cruiser for the New Zealand coast. .Arrangements ar^enov^ made to avoid sendihg her oh! ;tne homeward voyage. She will tow the ship Northumberland to Napier to take m a cargo of frozen meat, which is now ready at that port, and tho cargo which was to have followed m the Northumberland will bo put aboard ;,tbe ship Lytlelton and the steamship Arawa. The Coptic will go from here to Wellington with her original cargo, and will" then at once be fitted up for her next service. SUe may for- this purpose have to go to Auktmlia.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 115, 21 April 1885, Page 2
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