THE LINER QUEEN MARY
INTERNAL DECORATION MANY VARIETIES OF WOOD (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, November 5. (Received Nov. 7, at 5.5 p.m.) No fewer than 50 varieties of wood will be used in the internal decoration of the liner Queen Mary. They include rare varieties such as betula, patapsko, makore and zebrano. The accommodation in the new liner is being planned to give the maximum sunshine, the number and size of the windows being exceptional. The children’s playroom, for example, will have five 12-foot windoWs and a veranda. The grill room has no fewer than 22 windows. The statement that when the Queen Mary joins the company’s fleet the liner Berengaria will be withdrawn from service was not authorised by the CunardWhite Star Line.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22723, 8 November 1935, Page 11
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