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£0.000,000 CUNARDER SAFETY AND COMFORT FIRST LONDON, April 8. The contract for ihe second Cunarder, costing £6.000,000, will shortly be given to Messrs. John Brown and Co., of Glasgow. The liner is expected to be named the Britannia. The vessel is not specially designed to recover the Atlantic speed record.
•The hoard of tlie Cujiard Line considers that regularity of service in all weathers, combined with the last word in the safety and comfort of passengers, is the most essential factor.
Southampton Harbor Board last month sanctioned the expenditure of £240,000 for dredging the approach 1o the docks so that the new liners could berth there. The work is to he completed in five years. The channel to the port will lie widened 1000 ft. and deepened 38ft. Dredging outside the hoard’s jurisdiction is estimated lo cost £60,000, of which the Southern Railway lias agreed to contribute £30,000.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17439, 10 April 1931, Page 7
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