MODERN OVERSEAS TRAVEL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 750, 24 August 1929, Page 7

MODERN OVERSEAS TRAVEL

FIRST-CLASS WARDROBE TRUNKS MADE IN AUCKLAND Our grandfathers and grandmothers, when they ventured on a long and often precarious sea voyage, packed their personal belongings in an oak sea chest and wedged themselves into cramped and primitive quarters. In those days ocean travel was merely a means of transport to a desired destination. Nowadays ocean travel is both a necessity and a pleasure. The luxury of a modern liner equals that of the best hotels, and demands an extensive and well-chosen wardrobe. This created a new problem for the makers of travelling cases, since the old style of steamer trunk was obviously unsuitable, necessitating as it did the continual disarrangement of garments. Thus was evolved the Wardrobe Trunk, that masterpiece of the travel manufacturer’s art. Its general principles are now familiar to every overseas traveller. The suit and frock hangers on one side, and the tier of compartments on the other, where all small and delicate articles can be neatly and safely kept in their appointed places, ready for use at a moment’s notice. The use of Wardrobe Trunks among saloon passengers overseas has now become almost universal, as no other form of package will give the service that modern conditions demand. Messrs. Palmer Collins and Whitaker. Limited, of 239-241 Ponsonby Road, Auckland, are specialists in this trade, and the sole manufacturers of Wardrobe Trunks in the Dominion. They make a fine range of handsome Wardrobe Trunks, containing all the latest ideas for safety and convenience, ranging in price from £9 10s upward. These trunks are practically indestructible, and provide an absolutely safe means of conveyance of valuable and delicate clothing, as they cannot possibly become unfastened in transit. Today improved means of transport make the handling of Wardrobe Trunks a simple and expeditious matter, and their almost universal adoption has defintely proved their superiority over all other forms, for long-distance travelling.