THE NEW CUNARDER.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8047, 2 November 1906, Page 2

THE NEW CUNARDER.

Tin launch of the giani Cnnanle: Mauretania last month from the Tyni ship-lmildiiig yards, once, more gives to IJritain tin- blue ribbuii of tilt! Atlantic, and re-eslablishes her

presl ige as I lie lirsl niarii Inn: uiercautilt* I'owcr in I lie world. (uTiniwy bus lor some years conlesled for lirsl place, and in'lbc Kaiser Willielm II possessed ihela.-lesl sll i|. a lloal. The new Mainvlania outclasses auvl!iim-r hillierlo liuill or drca.nied of. Of :'■:'>Jun gross lonnage and with a speed of -J.'. 1 , knots an hour, she will move through Ihe wall r al a rale soiiii-w hai epiicker than the Uolorim express (In lake a local illusl rat ion ). and in her length of ~8."i feet she will be eipial lo (he distance from the W'aik.vio Ti.mi:- olliee, to the new Courlhonse. With her eight decks and her turbine engines of mi.nun horse power she represents the last word on I lie subject of ship const I'llel ion at the present I hue. The liiisitania and herself are subsidised by (lie liritish (loverunient. which foun\l the immense sum necessary for t heir cniisl rucl am. 1 u wart ime lliey will ael as cruisers, and will outdistance every battleship. We mav expect to hear of the Atlantic being crossed in a lilt lc over four days. We arc proud of the great vessels that visit New Zealand's ports, but these gigantic ships of three times their size put the efforts of the Canard Company's rivals completely into eclipse.