THE END OF THE GREYHOUND
THE old Rotomahana is being A scrapped after 40 years' service. She was built by W. Denny and Co., of Dumbarton, and left Plymouth for Australia on August 9,. 1879, reaching Melbourne 43 days later after calling at St. Vincent and Capetown on the way. The boat was hailed as the greyhound of the Red Funnel Fleet and made many trips on the Melbourne mail run. Afterwards she did the LytteltonWellington services. She was sold for £1,700 three years ago, and, with everything of value removed, will shortly go to her last resting place, Cape Scharock, near that of her rival, the Coogee.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 361, 23 May 1928, Page 2
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108THE END OF THE GREYHOUND Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 361, 23 May 1928, Page 2
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