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Tuesday, 20 December 2016

The Merchant Navy, they always remember us in times of need

Of course Oliver Bullieds' first
Pacific's for the Southern Railway
were named after Merchant Shipping 
Companies


He would almost certainly have 
traveled to England on an NZS Co
ship as indeed would have Keith Park
The Passenger ships were the Rangitiki
Rangitani and Rangitoto. Needless to
say we simply called them the Rangi 
Boats. I think Bullied had a soft
spot for we marine engineers. 
He would almost certainly 
have visited the engine
room on his journey 
over. We called 
those the
Mechanical
Gardens and sometimes
Doxford Hall after the main engines 
that powered many of the New Zealand Shipping 
Company ships 

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