Since the Munich crisis, increasing interest has been shown in the sea route from England to Australia by way of South Africa. Although slower than the Suez route, the Cape route would be relatively safe in the event of war, and faster shipping would reduce the longer voyage.
As a first step in the improvement of the Cape service, Britain's latest, and the world's largest, motorship, the Dominion: Monarch is inaugurate ing a service from England to New Zealand, calling at African and Australian ports. The Dominion Monarch is a luxury liner of 27,000 tons, and on her maiden voyage she smashed all previous records, maintaining an average speed of nearly 20 knots. unduly impressed either by their fine physique or their smart tropical uniforms. Local residents of the northern outpost have dubbed them "Glamour Boys," which proves once more how hard it is to be a hero in a land where people can still take their minds off politics long enough to laugh.
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