The S.S. Mahene.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7934, 25 September 1905, Page 2

The S.S. Mahene.

UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S NEW TURBINE, • A well-known New Zpalandcr now on a visit to the Mother Country, J has been to see the new steamer now being built on the Clyde for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, and has been good enough to send me some interesting notes, says Hie New Zealand Herald's London correspondent. "The Maheno," he says, "is a turbine, but as a vessel is of a typo very similar to the Union Steamship Company's steamers Manuka andMo,eraki, only a little larger, and her [ equipments, which arc pretty well j forward, are very similar. In one respect I found the Maheno rather disappointing-, and that is in respect of I her passenger accommodatiom. The Union Company are evidently determined to put the maximum of passengers into the mimimum of space. a^„Mhl ng Salo °"' l was '"formed, is about the same s izc a s the Manuka's, lAit to me ~t io D K t( i even smaller and with a full ship, there will have tJ e ( Iwo .„ rc| ays of all meals. Much S I J,M*« the Maheno as she will be the fust turbine engaged m the New Zealand trade. . f 'rs, cre i som e idea before' I left New Zealand," adds mv corrcsknot boat, but I was definitely informed that she will have au ocean«"LEV a kuots ' «S