THE CUNARD LINE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1926, Page 4

THE CUNARD LINE.

A PROGRESSIVE COMPANY. Apropos of a recent capital converslor proposed by the directors or the Cunart Company, tho "Manchester Guardian' Bald:—"or the Cunard Atlantic passengei fleet of eighteen ships, no fewer thar thirteen are of post-war design and construction. Services everywhere have beer extended and developed. In some cases new ports of call have been Included, sc that during , tho busy months of next yeai on tho average there, will be a Cunarti passenger ship sailing rrom and also a Cunard ship arriving at some British porl each day. With Us associated lines, the company controls a tonnage of ovei 000,000; Its own Atlantic and Mediterranean fleet totals well over 400,000 tons, whilst Its Australasian servico (the Commonwealth and dominion Line) exceeds 200,000 tons. Fresh developments arc continually In hand. From tho spring onwards, for example, Cunard passengei tonnage using the port or London will more than doubled, and with a gro3s tonnage of 120,000 these services will be easily the largest of any Atlantic shipping company from the Thames. Moreover when business on the North Atlantic is slack Cunard Hnor3 are sailing- with fuli cruise complements to various ports ol the world, and, as people appreciate the Tact that rrom about £-2 a day the world may be toured In luxury, this business Is increasing- year by year.