CRUISING LINERS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19125, 21 September 1936, Page 13

CRUISING LINERS

FIRST NEXT MONTH The first luxury cruising ship of the. season, the new Orient liner Orion, is due at Wellington at tho end of next month. She will arrive at Auckland from Australia on October 23, and at Wellington oil October 31, sailing the following day for Sydney. The Orion will be, visiting Wellington for the first time; indeed, site has been afloat only slightly more than a year. She is a ship of 24,000 tons, and is remarkable for the sumptuous and modem interior ’fittings and furnishings. Describing "her accommodation and decorations, an English writer said the Orion was “the most beautiful ship ever launched.” . Other cruising ships to call at Wellington this summer will be the Strathuaver, on November 23, the Or ford in December and the Oronsay in February. The Narkumla, which will call at Auckland in January, will not come to Wellington, but will return to Sydney by way of tlie Bay of Islands. These cruises are expected to he particularly well patronised tins summer, as with the return of prosperity after the years of depression there has been a very noticeable increase in tourist traffic.