Considerable improvement in the second class accommodation has been effected on the above steamer whilst in dock at Nagasaki, consisting of the following:—The children's nursery on "D" passeng been altered to a deck formerly used for first class
2nd class auxiliary saloon, and across the passage is a 2nd class smoke room, with a small bar. These two public rooms will be equipped with electric fans, easy chairs, sofas, ote. in fact no expense has been spared to make them rooms the last word in comfort.
The aft end of "B" deck promenade has been allotted for use of second thus filling a hitherto, on Shipbuilding in Low Water Passengers have not had a suitable deck on cording to the "Japan Adverti which to hold deck sports, dance ser" ete, The business depression has lar improvements are con-dealt so severe a blow to Japanese templated for the Shioyo Maru, shipbuilding firms that many are sister ship of the above vessel, thus now reported on the verge of bank-bringing into line vessels of Tuptey. Various methods of relief company with the worldwide imsuch as discharging employes, put-provement of second class accoming many on half time and taking modation since the Great War. contracts for the construction of With the general trade depression, tramcars and electric machines have there is a tendency of the public failed materially to solve the proto travel in decest comfort, as apart from luxury, with a saving of any-"Shipyard employers have been thing up to 50 per cent, in passage faced with the problem of retaining fares, and it is to this class of their skilled labourers, despite the traveller that the above improve-enforced idleness, and this is offered ments will appeak especially. With as something of a-solution. Mean-the improvement, in pubic" rooms while the depression continues,' and promenades, it is anticipated "Ths inegt' has Beem deeply Mero, wil. be " general -improversent "witty the- situation since vide x teeeriyet, ecoomandtion, and tore "involves: not only sotiek unrest;
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