THE MOTOR LINER AORANGI.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 66, 19 March 1925, Page 13

THE MOTOR LINER AORANGI.

(To the Editor.) Sir, —I have read with much interest, and muck amazement, the interview, published in your issue of Monday, with the designer of the Aorangi. I have no fault to find with the first five paragraphs. The engines run sweetly and the ship rides beautifully, which °nly makes it all the more tragic that the planning of the passenger accommodation should be so amateurish. I have before mc a plan of the accommodation for passengers on the Orama, and one of the AorangL The former shows a sound knowledge of planning, but I regret to say that the latter shows either ignorance of the first principles of planning, or else entire disregard for anything but getting i n as many cabins as possible. aur. Boyd refers to the space allotted each, passenger greatly exceeding that allotted on the ships of other companies, ■then why botch it by arrangln £ the fitting so badly. In a . special" s hi p w hy not design ".special" fittings and disregard the btoctr design of 40 years ago? The fit«ngs are not modern and are placed Mr. Boyd refers to the lew adverse remarks: he is rather "Wtty, as the designer, not to have heard »«e of them. lly experience is that the adverse remarks as to the abovementioned items are "unanimous." not omy by -maiden voyagers." or "liverish" passengers, but by seasoned world tracers. i a conclusion, let mc express ™7 regret, with all respect to Mr. Boyd, that such a fine ship should be spoiled a^nt^atLT^rl o^*! 1 . 6 PLAIvXKEL