HBH 1890 June 10 Local new steamer Page Two To provide for the increasing demands of shippers of frozen meat and dairy produce, the New Zealand Shipping Company are advised by cable of the purchase of a fine new cargo steamer of 4300 tons. This vessel, which is of the highest class at Lloyd's, is to be launched on the 30th of July next....more She will have a storage capacity equal to 50,000 sheep, besides a large quantity of wool and general cargo. Her guaranteed speed is 11 knots on a very low coal consumption of 30 tons per day.