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From: "Stuart Park" <>
Subject: Re: [NZ] Home Steamer "Marere"
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:11:04 +1200
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In-Reply-To: <000101c76e89$7037aba0$0201a8c0@VALIANT>


If you go to Te Ara
http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/S/ShippingoverseasAndCoastalLines/NewLinesAndS
ervices/en

You'll find an entry in the old 1966 Encyclopaedia that reads, in part:

SHIPPING-OVERSEAS AND COASTAL LINES
New Lines and Services

In 1886 the old-established London firm of G. D. Tyser and Co. entered into
a contract with Nelson Brothers, of Hawke's Bay, to carry frozen meat from
Napier at a reduced freight. They formed the Colonial Union Line Ltd. which
chartered the steamers Balmoral Castle, Ashley Brook, Selembria, Star of
England, and, later, the Bayley, Balcarres Brook, Celtic King, and Star of
Victoria. The Colonial Union Line was dissolved when Tyser and Co. took over
the outstanding charters. The first steamers built for the Tyser Line from
1890 onwards were the Hawke's Bay, Tomoana, and Mimiro, followed by the
Niwaru, Marere, Nerehana, Muritai, and Makarini. These vessels were
supplemented by the "Stars" of J. P. Corry and Co., of Belfast, and the
"Indras" of T. B. Royden, of Liverpool-Indrapura, Indralema, Indrabarah, and
so forth. In 1914 the Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd. came into being
with the amalgamation of these three firms, together with that of William
Milburn and Co., which owned a number of "Port" steamers. The group then
owned 23 ships afloat, with two more about to be launched. All the ships
were given names with the prefix "Port". In 1916 the C. and D. Line was sold
to the Cunard Steam Ship Co. and adopted the title of Port Line Ltd. Its
present fleet numbers 31 motor ships, the largest of which are the Port
Auckland and Port Brisbane, each of 12,000 tons register.

Not much info, but at least you know which shipping line, and that it was a
ship to UK, not a coaster
_______________________
Stuart Park
PO Box 836
Kerikeri, New Zealand 0245


-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of Peter Williams
Sent: Sunday, 25 March 2007 2:58 p.m.
To: NZ List
Subject: [NZ] Home Steamer "Marere"

Hello again,

In the divorce file for my serial bigamist, George Francis MURCH, there is a
mention in the police reports of George MURCH last being seen on Queens
Wharf heading for "one of the Home Steamers, Marere" - this sighting was on
22 October 1903. He'd left his wife in early July 1903, supposedly in answer
to a telegram from Lyttleton, summoning him to repair a ship's engine. He
had, however, married a lady in Nelson in January of that year.

I've tried a Google which Google returns a mention of this vessel in the
Maritime Museum Index, but unfortunately it seems to be off-line this
weekend (isn't it always that way when you REALLY would like to find
something in a hurry) so what I'd like to know is the home steamer reference
to a _coastal_ NZ ship, or does the home refer to mother England? Does
anyone know anything of this vessel?

Best regards

Peter Williams
Lower Hutt



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