THE QUEEN MARY
17,000 GALLONS OF PAINT CLYDEBANK, Oct. 6. The Canard- White Star liner Queen Mary will shortly discard her white mantle lor the red and black colors ol the owners. Scaffolding has been (■reded around the bows and a black Jim painted to indicate the separation mark between the colors. More than 17.000 gallons of paint will be used lor the iirst coating. A speed-up began to-ilav to gel the ship completed two weeks ahead ol schedule. The working army of 25C0 men is being augmented daily. and I'm Ihe lirst time since the vessel started building, joiners, painters anil decorators arc working overtime. I'nless plans arc altered the Clyde Navigation Trustees will prepave to take the ship on her first vovage down Hie Clyde on May 2t. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Suva. Nov. 16: Arrived, Dm-line, 6.30 a.m.. from Auckland. London. Nov. 10: Sailed. Tairoa. from .Liverpool.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18867, 19 November 1935, Page 3
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148THE QUEEN MARY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18867, 19 November 1935, Page 3
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