LINER TO BE NEW AUSTRALIA
FORMERLY TITO MONARCH OF BEMUDA
The New Aurralia is to b« the future name of the former "millionaires' shio," Monarch of Bermud -1 (22,500 tons) now being fitted at Southampton to carry settlers, say.; The Overseas Mail. This marks another episode in the history of one of the world's pre-war luxury liners, which was swept by a disastrous fire in March, 1947, while she was being prepared at Hebburn-nn-Tyne to resume her holiday run"between New York and Bermuda. During the war she had b"en continuously on trooping service. Her reconversion to carry emigrants to Australia is taking longer than expected, and she may not thready to sail until the spring of next year, though it. had been honed she would be ready by December.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 15088, 23 September 1949, Page 5
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129LINER TO BE NEW AUSTRALIA Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 15088, 23 September 1949, Page 5
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