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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 32, 14 March 1914, Page 4

Comfort on -shipboard has'vastly improved during the past 20 years. Spring mattresses and- brass bedsteads have, replaced the old Woodeii bunks, improved systems of. heating and ventilation have been introduced, sanitary arrangements are greatly superior, both in quantity and quality, while the furnishings of the public apartments and the attractions of'the dining saloon vie wi%h those of tie finest hotels oa shore. Third-class passengers have now separate cabins for four,, six, or eight persons each, in plate of h?.rge open 'tweerideek spaces filled with tiers of iron" beds and accommodating hundreds. In place of benches and tables along the sides of their sleeping quarters, separate dining saloons, smokerooma, an* musicrooms are provided.— : " Engineering."