IONIC
The IONIC departed Plymouth
on 16 January 1904 and arrived in Wellington via Capetown and Hobart, on 2 March 1904. Captain J B Ranson
was in command.
Transcribed from the
Evening Post, Wednesday, 24 February 1904. Page 6.
THE IONIC'S PASSENGERS.
The Shaw-Savill steamer Ionic which left Plymouth on 16th January for Wellington,
via Capetown and Hobart, carries the following saloon passengers:-
Misses Moreland, Fortesque, Mappin, Buckland, Hobson(2), Korn, Mandl, Cottrell, Dougal,
French, Kinneburgh, Logan, Niccol,
Scales, Pulling, Ward, Mesdames Fortesque, Barrow,
Bright, Hitchen, Hutcheson, Kelman,
Muppin, Mayor and two sons, Pontifex
and son, Sinclair, Smith, Stuart, Webber, Buckland, Hobson, Keen, Mandl, McKenzie, and son, Wood and family,
Colonel Fortesque, Rev Moreland, Dr P?et, Messrs Angus, Beercroft,
Entwistle, Guild, Hall, Hornby, Mechan, Mandl,
Moir-Byres, Musson,
Robertson, Ryan, Slimmon, Sonndy, Woollaston, Barrow,
Bright, Hitchen, Hutcheson, Kelman, Mappin, Mayor, Pontifex, Sinclair(2), Smith, Stuart, Webber. The vessel
also carries 150 third-class passengers.
Captain Ranson is in command, and Dr. A. G. Pitts is medical officer.
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