ANOTHER WORLD CRUISE.
THE FRANCONIA CHARTERED. The palatial Cunard liner Franconia has been chartered by Thos. Cook and Son for a world cruise in which New Zealand ports and Milford Sound will bo included. This steamer has a sports arena measuring 5000 square feet, a squash court, a pompeiian swimming bath and a wonderful gymnasium, and running round the sports arena is a balcony loungo for spectators. The vessel is to leave Now York on January 12 next, and after ft brief stay at Jamaica will make the passage of the Panama Canal and will leave Los Angeles on January 28. Honolulu, Samoa, Suva, Auckland, Wellington, Milford Sound, Tasmania, Melbourne, Sydney, New Guinea, Java, Straits Settlements, Ceylon Kenya and Zanzibar will be visited. Then crossing the Southern Atlantic, the ship will call at Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Santos, Rio do Janeiro, Martinique, and so arrive back at New York on June 2, 1927.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19320, 6 May 1926, Page 8
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152ANOTHER WORLD CRUISE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19320, 6 May 1926, Page 8
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