TAKING SHAPE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 28 January 1936, Page 3

TAKING SHAPE

The British liner, Queen Alary, which is now being fitted in the Clydebank basin of her builders, John Brown and Co., Ltd., is scheduled to start her maiden voyage to New York from Southampton on 27th May. Already the layout of the vessel can be scon taking shape. Labels indicate the location of the dining saloons, smokerooms, cocktail bars, libraries, children’s playrooms, lounges, cinema, and ballroom.' The swimming pool, with its decorative scheme of blue and silver, is now almost completed, as also is Hie adjoining gymnasium. The number and size of the ship’s windows are exceptional. The main lounge will be Jit by thirty-two windows, eacli thirteen feet high,., and the children’s playroom will have the maximum amount of sunshine from its five twelvefeet windows. The shopping centre will he in the main hall, where there will he shops occupied by outfitters, tobacconists, and florists. An additional attraction’ will be a large decorative fountain. A 1 iles of telephone wires are being installed for the most complete telephony system ever installed on board a ship. There will he two telephone kiosks on hoard, from which lgng-distance calls may be made. Miles of wiring are also being installed for the internal broadcasting system, which includes amplifiers in the public rooms-. The external surface area of file ship is about fifty acres.