NEW FRENCH STEAMER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19668, 21 June 1927, Page 9

NEW FRENCH STEAMER.

LAST WORD IN LUXURY. MAGNIFICENT APPOINTMENTS. (Received June 20, 9.55 p.m.) Times. LONDON. June 20. The Havre correspondent of the Times savs Kranee seems to have successfully out-done everything afloat for luxury with the Coinpagnie Generale Transatlantique's magnificent new 43,CKX)-ton liner lie de France. This vessel is the largest that has been built since the war. The designers apparently have aimed at making the passengers, when they are on board, forget they are on a ship. The features of the new liner include a chapel which will accommodate 80 people, a striking marble reception hall, the electric lighting in which gives an effect of softened sunlight, beautiful statues, marble pillars, Sevres vases and a grand drawingroom entirely lacquered. The dining room is the largest on any steamer. It will accommodate 700 of the 1658 passengers the ship will carry. There are three seaplanes on board which will proceed to the shore when the snip is within a reasonable distance of the coast. This will shorten the voyage for passengers who are in a hurry. Hie 110 de France will shortly make her maiden voyage to New York. After that she will enter upon the Havre-Plymouth-New York service. Excursionists from throughout France, including many notabilities, have inspected the liner.