“ PORT FAIRY.”

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20586, 8 December 1928, Page 19

“ PORT FAIRY.”

C. AND D. LINE’S NEW MOTOR SHIR. (From Ouh Oivii Cobresson dekx.) T ■ LONDON, November 2. emajl way the Commonwealth and Dominion Line's new cargo S >P;. Fa iV- r > the last word fn comfort for the dozen passengers It carries and for. its crew. Haying taken in cargo at Hull, Middlesbrough and Antwerp, the JPort Fairy came into KinGeorge V dock this week, and it will be sailing for Melbourne, and Sydney' next Tuesday (November 6). One. day this week the directors nf the company - invited a, few agents and press representavc V ssel t 0 hmCh ° n b ° ald and look over the

One is struck immediately with the space and comfort provided for the l*> passengers who are carried. All the nas“senders, officers, and engineers’ accent--18 ln , t]le central superstructurcr dining saloon is a comfortable compel tment with square windows, overlooking the front of the -ship. The smoko room is a small but conifortahle compart--111 erlookznj; the stem. The officers’ and engineers’ cabins are each b of Thrift eck - and e^ ch officer and niui S ■ . 1(i cnßineera has a comfortable cabin to bimsell. The bathroom accommodation for the- engineers is excellent. On the first.deck oJLthe superOn 11 lh U e C c aIC * hc 7 saloon and smoke room. On the second deck are the passengers l bpr(il S ~" f0 w r and four doublebeiffi. Everyone of these has square v undows to the outside air: The cabin do luxe is as good as one may find on a pretentious passenger liner, with a bed■,iei l fi on £1? mde of the compartment, £ fi C bttiugs with plenty of space! otho, two-berth cabins have bodsteads with one berth above the other rrm-,H a< i e ) ln t)je EG compartments is quite icmaikable and the same applies to the W one-berth cabins. The captain's sitting room and cabin arc arranged on equally generous lines. K ° 0,1 CraVCM ’ lvh -° ] - las been SO i - tlle company, is in command and he is very proud of the new motor TU ® UI I IC .V in the North Sea tbat fhe cngmcs communicaie »As with a the at ? d t by e . lectricit V- Loading with the electric cranes, of coin*** iV ? comparatively silent operation? - J-he latest appliances are to be found n the wheel house. A flat model of the ship gn es a plan of the night lights i f anj one of them should go out the duplicate on the model also goes out. There is a gyro-repeater beside the ordinary telephones arc connected "mi of the ship. -f n® veSfiol has a tonnage nf 8000 moss and 0000 net. There are 335,000 cubic lect ot refrigerated space and 313,000 cubic teet for general cargo. The engines are 6600 horse-power, and the leimih of the ship is 477 i feet. The speed of the ship is ISA knots, and under pressure 16i knots. It is expected that she • will make the journey to Melbourne in 31 days.

■ Mr W. M. Thomas is chief officer, r.nd Mr Peter Thomas chief engineer.