PALATIAL LINERS.
The Empress of Ireland and Empress of Britain, the finest and fastest steamships in the Cana<lian service, hold all records between Liverpool and Canadian ports. The two palatia} Royal Mail steamships of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Atlantic service run on
the Quebec-Liverpool route in summer, and St. John (N.8.)-Halifa-x, N,S.-Liver-pool route in winter. Their length is 570ft, breadth 65ft; they are 14,500 tons register, 18,000 horse-power, and majke the ]>assage between Liverpool and Quebec in less than a week. They have accommodation for 350 first-cabin, 350 second-cabin, 1000 third-class passengers. All Canadian' Pacific steamships m the Atlantic service are equipped with Marconi wireless telegraphy, and also with a submarine signal system, with the object of ensuring perfect safety in navigation. The submarine signal acts in foggy weather in the same capacity as a lighthouse does in clear weather.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13394, 30 May 1914, Page 3
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141PALATIAL LINERS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13394, 30 May 1914, Page 3
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