A MODERN LINER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21280, 6 September 1932, Page 10

A MODERN LINER

ALTERATIONS TO AKAROA FIRST TRIP AT END OF YEAR Tho Aberdeen-Commonwealth liner Euripides, which has been transferred to tho Shaw, Savill and Albion Company and has been renamed the .Akaroa, is to be despatched from Southampton for New Zealand on December 30, and will sail from Now Zealand on March 8 on her homeward voyage. Tho Akaroa is now at London undergoing extensive alterations and is being converted into an oil burner. Tho alterations include tho changing of tho cabin accommodation, which was for two classes, into one class, the vessel to carry only cabin class passengers. The accommodation is amidships. Among other important changes will be hot and cold water in all cabins. A swimming pool is to bo installed and she will be the only passenger liner running to New Zealand from England, via tho Panama route, having a permanent swimming pool. There aro to be single-berth cabins on all three decks and several staterooms will have private bathrooms attached. Tho vessel's promenade decks aro lieing extended so that the space will bo unusually liberal, providing ample room for all deck games, including deck tenni s courts. It is expected that tho fast service now maintained by the Mataroa and tho Tamaroa, which aro both formor Aber-deen-Commonweath liners, will bo maintained by tho Akaroa, which is of similar speed Tho regular steaming speed of the Mataroa and Tamaroa is almost 15 knots, and in tho last ten voyages of these vessels from New Zealand to Southampton, 11,000 miles, tho time occupied by a trip has not varied by I more than a few hours.