LAUNCHING OF ORIENT LINER.—A photograph transmitted by beam wireless to Melbourne and thence by mail to Wellington of the launching at Barrow-in-Furness of the Orient Line 's 24,000-ton ship Orion. The Duke of Gloucester, by pressing a button in Brisbane, launched the vessel 12,000 miles away.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18590, 28 December 1934, Page 8
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46LAUNCHING OF ORIENT LINER.—A photograph transmitted by beam wireless to Melbourne and thence by mail to Wellington of the launching at Barrow-in-Furness of the Orient Line's 24,000-ton ship Orion. The Duke of Gloucester, by pressing a button in Brisbane, launched the vessel 12,000 miles away. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18590, 28 December 1934, Page 8
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