OIL REPLACES COAL
SUPPLIES FOR MAIL STEAMER. By Telegraph —Press Assn —Copyright. Wellington, Last Night. The R.M.S. Tahiti is the first oilburning vessel to receive her bunker supplies at Wellington, the oil being drawn from the ex-hulk Addersley, which was converted into an oil-tanker by the Union Steam Ship Company some six months ago. The operations were completed in a little under twelve hours, and in that time some 600 tons of oil had been transferred to the liner at the rate of between 50 and 60 tons per hour. From n. .coal-bunkering point of view, the Tahiti looked upon as a “long job,” so that the time saved by the new system is very considerable.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 February 1921, Page 5
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