NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 14, 3 September 1914, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORTS.

Nameless and Numbered.

Two vessels belonging to the Union Company have already sailed as the transports of the , advance party. These are the Moeraki and the Monowai, which loft Wellington for an un-named destination on August 15. The ten vessels soon to sail will take their departure from the four chief ports of the Dominion—some from Wellington, some from Auckland, some from Lyttelton, some from Port Chalmers. When the liners are taken for troop transports and receive their coat of Admiralty grey they become nameless, and are given a number. The Moeraki is His Majesty's New Zealand Transport No. 1, and the Monowai is No. 2. The numbers and other particulars of the vessels soon to depart are given in the following table: —

Of this great fleet the Maunganui will be the flagship, says a Wellington paper, It seems likely that four vessels will sail from Wellington, and two from each of the other three ports. Three of these will be the Maunganui, the Limerick, and the Athenic. ' It was thought that the Taihiti would depart from here, but it now seems that she is to leave for Lyttelton on Monday, and berth there if possible. She is drawing 30ft. now, and has still .a large quantity of stores and coal to take on. The Orari and the Hawke's Bay have only recently come into port, and it is not ! known which province's troops they are to take.. The Star of India and the Waimana. are to take the Auckland contingent, the Ruapehu has gone to Port Chalmers, and the 'Arawa, is booked, for Lyttelton' or Port Chalmers. ~ ,The Star of India left here on August 17 if or, Auckland. , ~. ~., .. -i ■ ■'■ si-- j

TonVessel. No. Owners. nage Captain. Maunganni ... 3 Union Co. 7.572 Worrall Tahiti ... 4 Union Co. 7,585 Evans Ruapehu ... 5 N.Z.S. C. 7,885 Clifford Orari ... 6 N.Z.S. C. 7,207 Weston Limerick ... 7 F. &S. Line 6,827 M'Farlane Star of India 8 C. & D: Line 7,316 Kearney Hawke's Bay 9 C. & D. Line 10,614 Lids tone Athenic ... 10 Shaw S. &A. 12,234 Crossland Arawa ... 11 ShawS. & A. 9,192 Clayden Waimana ... 12 ShawS. &A. 10,300 Holmes