"The Union-Cas.tle Company, after repeated requests from South "Africans, decided to name one of its new mail ships the Capetown Castle, and invited the Mayoress of Cape Town (Mrs. J. D. Low) to launch the vessel. Previous requests to put the Capetown Castle on the company's list had been rejected on the grounds that this castle at Cape Town is really a fort. Argumentative South Africans proved that the castle at Cape Town is actually a castle, and the company has accordingly made the gesture to please South Africans. There has been some controversy over the spelling. The local newspapers and'most local people spell Cape Town as two words, but the ship will be called the Capetown Castle. Local supporters of the twoword form have yielded, arguing that since the name letters of ships are widely spaced on their bows it will not matter much which form is used.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 133, 2 December 1937, Page 30
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