CRUISING LINERS

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 20, 24 July 1934, Page 14

CRUISING LINERS

STRATHAIRD & STRATHNAVER

For the first time in its history, tli'e P. and 0." Line intends to run a series, of cruises to New Zealand from Australia next summer, using the Strathaird and Strathnaver. Calls will be made at Auckland and Wellington and while the ships are in port tourists will be able' to visit various districts' of scenic interest in the North Island. The Strathaird will make the first cruise in November and "will be followed by the --Strathnaver in December. The ships will also make cruises in March and April of next year. The Strathaird is a ship of 22,544 tons gross and the Strathnaver is of 22,547 tons. The Straithaird is to leave Sydney on November 17 and Brisbane on the morning of November 21 for Auckland, where she will arrive on November 24. She is to leave that nig*ht for Wellington, and is due here on the ;morning of -November 26. That evening'she is to sail for Sydney, where she is due late on November 29 or early the following day. On December 1 she will leave for London. The Strathnaver is to leave Sydney on December 15 and Brisbane on' December. 19 for Auckland, where she is due on the morning of December 22. She will leave Auckland the same evening for Wellington, arriving here on the morning of December 24, and will sail that night for Sydney. She should reach Sydney late on December 27 or early on December 28, and on December 29 /fehe is to leave again for London. The exact itineraries of the 1935 cruises are not yet arranged, but the Strathaird will probably leave Sydney on March 8 and Brisbane on March 12 for Auckland and Wellington. She is expected to reach Auckland on March 16, and to sail that evening for Wellington, where she is due on March IS. That evening she will probably leave for, Sydney, where she will arrive on March 21. The Strathnaver is to leave Sydney and Brisbane in April of next year on" a cruise to the Eijij Islands. Shore excursions for this year's cruises are now being arranged. Parties of tourists will probably leave the ships at Auckland and come overland to Wellington, travelling via Rotorua and other scenic resorts. The ships, which are among the largest and most palatial ever to visit New Zealand, will be thrown open" to the public at both Auckland and Wellington.