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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1456, 16 September 1885, Page 4

A Glasgow paper contains the following paragraph, which •is of interest.liej^, as the Vessel to be built will probalily, m due course, visit these waters. The Magnefca was lost whon on hor way out to relieve the cable steamer Agnea : — Messrs K. Najiii'it & Son, Govan, have been successful m their negotiation with the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company m reference to the construction of a telegraph ship to take the place of the Magneta. lost a few weeks ago m the Bay of Biscay. The; Messrs Napier have received or lers to proceed at once with the co: si ruction of a new vessel, which will U> of .similar dimensions to tye Magneto— B6o tons, 230 ft long, 82ft m breadth, and 24ft deep, and will be i supplied with .conippund ongi lies of 1 400 lioi se-po wer, to "attain a speed of 12£ knots. The now vessel like her predecessor, is intended and will be specially fitted up for lay-> ing, picking up and repairing* the submarine cables of the telegraph company ?foi? which ghe ia> to be built.