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Union Line is a concise, company-commissioned history of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, covering its growth from a small Dunedin-based coastal operator in the 1870s into one of the most wide-ranging shipping enterprises in the southern hemisphere. The book traces the company’s founding under James Mills, its rapid expansion into trans-Tasman and Pacific services, and its role in mail contracts, troop transport, and intercolonial trade. Waters sketches the development of the fleet – from early steamers to the well-known liners of the interwar years – and highlights the company’s engineering, management, and operational innovations.
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