HOLIDAY AT SEA
CRUISE ON LUXURY LINER With countless lights gleaming through the portholes in her snowwhite hull, the first of a fleet of floating hotels which will cruise 250,000 miles in search of sunshine, health and novelty steamed out of Liverpool harbour for New York on'January 9 on a five months’ voyage around the world. She has been specially painted white in order to/resemble a gigantic yacht. And she is in fact a floating luxury hotel. For the past two months site has been overhauled from stem to stern. Miles of alleyways and corridors have been redecorated in tones of pale blue and biscuit, and the whole of the ship’s flooring has been stripped and retard with over an acre of new covering. Bedrooms and public rooms, have been redecorated, and a new beautyparlour for women installed. The’ ’sporting facilities cover some 5000 square feet of space and include a large swimming pool, a squash rackets court and a gymnasium.
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Putaruru Press, Volume XII, Issue 562, 8 March 1934, Page 3
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161HOLIDAY AT SEA Putaruru Press, Volume XII, Issue 562, 8 March 1934, Page 3
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