GERMANY BUYS BRITISH TRANSPORT
LINER ARAWA SOLD STRANGE TURN OF FORTUNE By a- strange- turn of Fortune's wheel,*oneof the-ships that helped to win* the* war * for* the Allies has been purchased by Germany. The well-known Shaw, Savill and Albion- Company’s liner Arawa has been sold to German buyers for £24,000. During the Great War, Arawa was used a<s a' transport. She passed safely . through that, dangerous period and, since peace was declared, has traded regularly between the Old Country and New Zealand. Except during the war period she has been trading steadily on this route since 1907.
The vessel was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham- Richardson, Newcastle, and her tonnage is 9,372 tons gross. Her nett tonnage is 5,985 and she carries 11,750 tons deadweight. She arrived at Southampton from New Zealand on September 15.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 516, 20 November 1928, Page 1
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