LUXURY LINERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 10, 12 January 1934, Page 13

LUXURY LINERS.

AMERICANS ON TOUR. TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND. FRAHCONIA AND X,UKLINE. The first of two large liners to make an extended, cruise was scheduled to leave New York on Tuesday. -The Cunarder Franconia and the Matson liner Lurline will both call at Auckland next month with tourists aboard. The Franconia'a voyage will cover 37,555 miles. She was last here in 1927. The Franconia is palatially fitted up for the accommodation of tourists on extended and expensive cruises of this sort. A sports area is provided, covering 5000 square feet, in addition to a Pompeiian swimming bath and a fullyequipped gymnasium, and a balcony is provided for spectators. She is a vessel of 20,175 tons gross, and the itinerary for the present voyage will be from New York to Kingston, Jamaica, Cristobal, Balboa, San Pedro, Hilo. Honolulu, Papeete, Avaru, Apia, Suva, Auckland, Wellington, Sydney, Port Moresby, Kalabahar, Buleleng, Telok, Padang, Samarang, Batavia, Singapore, Penang, Madras, Colombo, Seychelles Islands Mombasa, Zanzibar, Deigo Suarez, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Capetown, Montevideo, Santo, Pao dc Janeiro and Barbados. The liner is scheduled to reach Auckland at 0 a.m. on Wednesday, February 21, and to eail for Wellington at 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 24. The cruise will occupy 142 days and the itinerary has been so arranged that a sufficient stay will be made at each, port of cali to allow all places of interest to be visited.by the tourists on board. From Barbados she will return to New York, where ehe is scheduled to arrive on May 31. Lurline Round Pacific. The Matson liner Lurline is a sister ship to the Mariposa and the Monterey, and was hero on February 23 of laet year. Her service speed is more than 20J knots, and she is regularly engaged in the run between Hawaii and the mainland of the United States. The vessel is fitted up for two classes —first and cabin—and has ample facilities for entertainments and deck sporte for an extended cruise. This will be the sixth cruise round the Pacific organised by the company, and the trip will cover a total of 24,000 miles over a period of nearly three months,, The Lurline is to leave San Francisco en January 23, and Los Angeles the following day. She is due at Auckland at 8 a.m. on February 9, and sails for Sydney at noon on February 11, taking passengers" from Auckland if accommodation is available. The order of her ports of call will be as follows: Los Angeles to Honolulu, Pago Pago, Suva, Auckland, Sydney, Port Moresby, Pedang Bay (Port Barley), Samarang, Batavia, Penang, Singapore, Bankok, Hongkong, Shanghai, Chin-wing-tao, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, Hilo, San Francisco. The cruise will end at tho last-named port on April 14..