NEW MONOWAI

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 131, 1 December 1930, Page 11

NEW MONOWAI

A TRANSFORMATION

/ COMFORTABLE, AIRY SHIP

' It will be three weeks ou Wednesday 'since the P. and O. liner Bazinak arrived at Wellington from 0010111130, but in. the short time that has elapsed she has lost her former identity, and will enter the San. Francisco Boyal Mail service to-.tnorrow as the "Union Steam Ship Company's new,Monowai. Externally, all traces of her having flown the P. and 0. house flag have disappeared under the familiar Union Company colouring—green hull, with a' yellow band, white •'superstructure, and red, -black-topped,' funnels.' Possibly sorde pf those who,visited the ship this'after'-'. noon when she was thrown open, for public inspection noticed that only one •Wack band circles each of the funnels, instead of the customary two. About' the decks the transformation has been made complete, and everywhere the jianie Razmak has been erased in favour of. Monowai. The newly-painted .{lifebuoys, lifeboats, and the fittings about the decks look very smart. A tour of inspection below gives the impression not that the Razmak has ■■ .been altered /to make the Monowai, r bnt that the Monowai is a different ; ship. Three classes of accommodation 'have been provided where there were only two, and the total accommodation has been increased from 284: to 425, but the same atmosphere of spaciousness remains. Travellers by the Monowai in any of her 'classes can expect to be surprised at .the amount of cabin space at their disposal, and probably none more so than Jhe third-class passengers, 'for whose tise cabins of exceptional roominess are provided. In the designing of the coTridors, vestibules, saloons, and other public rooms generous allowance has been made for space, and the general effect is one of. well-ventilated comfort. To-day the ship was taking on board 'stores and general cargo, in addition to receiving from the Maunganui the mails, and cargo, and luggage, and other belongings of the passengers who are leaving by her to;morrow. She is to sail at 3 p.m. for San Francisco, via Earotonga and Papeete.