NEW LINER
LAUNCHED BY PRINCE FOR CANADIAN PACIFIC COY. LAST WORD IN LUXURY. [British Official Wireless.! (Received F2, 12.30 p.m.) Rugby, June 11. The Prince of Wales to-day launched at Brown’s shipbuilding yard, Clydebank, the new Canadian Pacific luxury liner, Empress of Britain. Proposing the toast of the Canadian Pacific Railway at a luncheon following the launching, the Prince mentioned that the new liner w'ould be the fastest vessel operating between the two seaboards of the Empire, adding: “The construction and launching of the Empress of Britain is an event of such importance in British shipbuilding and Empire shipping that 1 should have felt it very wrong not to have taken part in today’s ceremony, not only as a master of the merchant navy, but because I have very closely at heart anything concerning the welfare* of Canada. This vessel may be considered in construction as the last word in shipbuilding, and as regards her appointments she will have no rival. 1 note that in addition to her squash-racquet court, gymnasium and swimming bath, which are luxuries now taken for granted on ocean liners, her passengers will have at their disposal an open-air tennis court and Turkish and electric baths.” Every modern contrivance for the comfort and safety of her passengers, he added, had been brought into play.
N.Z. SHIP LAUNCHED. AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. [United Frees Association—By CableCopyright.! (Received 12, 9.30 a.m.) London, June 11. Sir Thomas and Lady Wilford were present at the launching at New-castle-on-Tyne of the 228 ft. oil-burn-ing steamer Matai, for the New Zealand Government. She is intended primarily for lighthouse visitation but has special accommodation for Governor-Generals’ tours. Lady Wilford christened the Matai and wished the ship’s occupants good fortune. BRITISH SUBMARINES LAUNCHED. [British Official Wireless.) (Received 12, 12.30 p.m.) Rugby, June 11. Vickers Armstrong Co. have launched at their Barrow yard three submarines for the British Admiralty.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBTRIB19300612.2.26
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 148, 12 June 1930, Page 5
Word Count
312NEW LINER Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 148, 12 June 1930, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.