Awatea Launching
LORD AND LADY BLEDISLOE TO ASSIST
In view of the manner in which Lord and Lady Bledisloe endeared then;selvos to the people of. New Zealand during Lord Bledisloe’s term of office as Governor-General of New Zealand, and because of tho lively interest, which they have continued to display iu all matters pertaining to tho Dominion since'their return to England, it is appropriate that they should be associated with the launching of the Union Steamship Company’s new 15,000-ton luxury liner ‘‘Awatea. ”■ This will take place at tho shipyards of Vickers Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, England, on February 25. Lady Bledisloe will perform the actual christening' ceremony and Lord Bledisloe will make a speech at the function, whiek will be broadcast by the British Broadcasting corporation. Realising the interest which will be displayed by New Zealanders in the ceremony, the New Zealand Broadcasting Board have arranged for the speech to be reproduced over the National stations, IYA, 2YA, 3YA and 4YA at 7.15 on Wednesday, February 26.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 46, 25 February 1936, Page 4
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166Awatea Launching Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 46, 25 February 1936, Page 4
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