WORK FOR IDLE BRITONS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18581, 30 May 1930, Page 9

WORK FOR IDLE BRITONS.

Clyneside Shipbuilding Contract NEW CUNARDER ORDERED. (United Press Association—By Electrle Teleeraph—Copyright.) (Received May 29. 11.30 p.m.) JLiQNDON. May 29. John Brown, Ltd., 01 Clydebank, has secured an order for the jppnstruction of the new Cunarder, costing £i\9oo,ooo for the express service between the Channel ports and New York. The construction will provide employment for thousands, and take at least three years. The engines will develop 600,000 h.p., and over all the length will be 1000 ft. The vessel will take four thousand passengers and a crew of eight hundred. BRITAIN’S MIGHTY PART. We live in a wonderful age! The cable news we published last month, must still be fresh in the memories of our readers, which stated that plans for the building in Britain of a new Cunard liner of more than 65.000 tons, 1000 feet long, with an average speed of 28 knots, had reached an advanced stage, as also the announcement that work is to be begun on the new Atlantic record-breaker very soon. For some time it has been apparent that the Cunard line intended to build at least one fast liner to challenge the German liner Bremen. Definite information of the vessel’s maximum speed cannot yet be ascertained, but she is designed to travel faster than any ship yet built and will be the largest liner in the world. There is a possibility that the company may receive financial assistance from the Government. It is believed that the cost of the new Cunarder will be in the region of £6,000,000 and her construction, lasting three years, will give employment to thousands of men. The White Star Company's “Mystic” of 56,021 tons, is now the world's biggest ship.