Huia, two-masted topsail schooner, c. 1925

Huia, two-masted topsail schooner built at Aratapu, c. 1925, Nichols Collection of photographs of ships, Volume 19: Sailing ships - fore and aft rigs, PXA 1152/Vol. 19

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The Huia was a two-masted topsail schooner built at Aratapu, on the Wairoa River by James Barbour and launched in 1894 at Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand. The Huia was constructed from kauri and puriri timbers and commenced regular trade runs between New Zealand and Australia, primarily transporting timber and coal and gained a reputation for fast crossings. In 1912 she was sold to the Nobel Explosives Company of Glasgow who installed an auxiliary 160-horsepower Beardmore engine in 1922. By 1925, under Captain T.H.E. Lane, it was trading wood but explosives between New Zealand, Melbourne and Queensland. In 1948 Imperial Chemical Industries replaced her with the Taranui on the Australia - New Zealand run. In 1950 she was brought by a New Zealand group trading as the Huia Trading Company for Pacific Island trading. On 26 January 1951, while under the command of Captain S Neale, she was wrecked on the Komekane Reef about 40 miles SE of Noumea, New Caledonia.

 

References

SHIPPING NEWS. (1925, August 22). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), p. 17. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44622976

New Zealand. (1922, May 18). Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Tas. : 1890 - 1922), p. 3. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84510656

LOCAL AND GENERAL (1933, January 23). Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192157109

AFTER 20 YEARS (1935, July 24). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138137288

VETERAN SCHOONER HUIA (1948, October 27). Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954), p. 1 (Supplement to "Daily Commercial News and Shipping List."). Retrieved February 28, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163708661

APA citation

Veteran Schooner Huia to be Sold (1949, April 5). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206070798

VETERAN 4 (1949, July 5). Maryborough Chronicle (Qld. : 1947 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148051617

February 21). Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954), p. 1 (Supplement to "Daily Commercial News and Shipping List."). Retrieved February 28, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163824983

HUIA TO SAIL AGAIN (1950, August 31). Guyra Argus (NSW : 1902 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174008109

 

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