The Archive · 1937

Many Public Rooms

Three classes of passenger accommodation will be provided—Cabin, lourist and Third—and there are no less than ten decks, including a sports deck and a sun deck. On the promenade decks there are a number of public rooms, including an observation lounge and cocktail bar, grand hall (fited with a dance floor), lounge, smoking room, writing salon, library end children's room, and, of course, there wil alo be a gymnasium, swimming pool and verandah caќe, These are all for the cabin class passengers.

"Tourist class passengers will also have a number of public rooms, including lounges, smoking room and cocktail bar, children's room and gymnasium, while third class passengers will be provided with a lounge, smoking room, children's room, and plenty of deck-space, both sheltered and open. It goes almost without "saying that there will be facilities for entertainments, including dancing and "talkie" cinema shows in all classes.

It is estimated that as work pro-grosses there will be about 5,000 men employed on "No. 1029." 1a addition, work will be provided for thousands of people engaged in one industry and another throughout the country, Incidentally, No. 6 Slipway in Cammel Laird's shipyard, on which "No, 1029" is being built, was formerly the birthplace of the Cunard Liner Samaria, the battleship Rodney and the Aircraft Carrier Ark Royal which was launched in April this year, Population Of Large City In Refugee Zone (Continued from page 5) quantities of water, the profits going proportionately to the French and Chinese Waterworks Companies.

The Zone's budget is divided into four portions; hospital and medical supplies, winter clothing, food, and various. The latter heading includes arrangements which are being made for the; possible extension of the Zone to the south of Nantao, All refuse is being burned to ensure the cleanliness of the streets, The Zone Council have pried into buildings along Boulevard des Deux Repub-cliques in an attempt to find further accommodation as it is essential that the refugees should have a roof above their heads, especially in view of the large number of infants, in the community. The population is on the inerease—4,000 new residents arrived from Pootung yesterday.

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