COASTAL STEAMERS.
" 7 7 -We (.Posi) mentioned' 7a short time ago. 7S^mc : c^ntemp'ated additions to the steam. :./: coast, and* also the ru/7/nifred intention of the two .principal New 7; Zealand^s'eaiiiship fompatjies to -amalgamate. "We/, afc in a poeition noV to state on good. /-authority :tbat unless some. wholly unexpected .•„" ch'aiiige. ; in.-sthe{f situation should take place, ■ •-■/ there is: no probability, of the contemplated / - amafff amation ibecbthing an accomplished f mt*. v 7 ; The Union 8 S7fjq. have ma-ie arrangement* . ../'foß^dt fleet 'Bufflcie'ntiy large ,tp meet all their. requirements, and have lei' graphed Home in- / strnqtlo/ns' •to.rfiuish and dt-sp itch the new 7 7 steamers/ as; ieartvasposrible, giying*,f urther . '.:- diijec^onß that; the power of each boat shall . , be jndreasedj: sofar as practicable. The rosn't is tint five new steamers,, varying in size and .. sty le f q but /all jof the most improved modern ,CQnstruction;>illW^e out. within the n?xt " few months..; /lMie/Wanaka, a. similar. b.Dftt to the ill-fated -Briice, but Jlargtr and ino^e : powerful, & will, arrive early in April, and will b^/placed/atj/oiice on the coastal trade with tli^Ha'^ei'aad jTaupo, to relieve thos? vessels 7 * Q^*ihe.BeVere> train impo.<ol on theoi at pre-. ' * ecnt7" The Wanaka will be followed in May /by /the" Botorga, a./fister Ship to the Hawea ••'■/•'- and f/JTaupn/,'; but; witii' even .more powerful ./repgines./ The'Rotbrua will take' up the run--7ning 76n the coast, and the Wanaka then will , JUpfpnt itb.e/ jßj* tje's line, from Duuelin tp .'/' Timaru"*, Akaroa, and Ly lt-Jton.- Towards /the,end"pf May.are ekpecied.oiit other, three ,boajiß* : ;'/7th-8 /Roi >roahaoa, : a very powerf d - Bcr^w/s*eaip*g.V/gnaranteed to steam 14 knots, lor the-Duncdih'a'd Oamaru trade; the second a 12 knot tog boat for the Otago harb.or eer- ; ..yTce, 1 atid Hh'e ; third: a large ocean et-amship 7 r ftjflrithe Sydney-trade, guaranteed to. steam 13 kflotf>;and fitted up in msgnifi-^ent style-/ with/ / saloon and '■ sleeping-* be'tbs amidships. All these steaimrs are ejected to be actually-"/ninnlH^'ib.n/-/their respective lines In June - /'ntixtv --:"-: "7/'
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 35, 7 February 1876, Page 2
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318COASTAL STEAMERS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 35, 7 February 1876, Page 2
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