NEW CARRIAGE FOR THE GOVERNOR.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 14 June 1909, Page 8

NEW CARRIAGE FOR THE GOVERNOR.

///■/ .i-/'/. :'■ ..■/'/ P ' —■ '■ \ ; ' : ,-'-\ ■'\ new.railwaycarriage- for his Excellency the Governor is soaring completion at the Petone;railway: workshops. • The length of the car' is 50ft., the.same as the new bars, which have just. been.built for the Main Trunk-line. It is separated into'compartments, the chief being the-saloon' and the diningroom, and theto is,a_ bedroom to accommodate two, a luggaeeroom and two lavatories. . The compartments' are all finished/off yrith veneered rimu and P° l,shed Y/.'.The ceiling is of pressed steel, coloured white- and cream. : The' i urnishings' are to be of the most elaborate/design. There are comfortable lounge, chaire, a large settee, etc lhe car carries its'own dynamo for the generation, of electric light and to supply an. electrio : i?" ,£',??* service is, also 'provided. Generally, the fittings 'are .on-a:'more elaborate eoale than those of the car jpreviously used by the Governor, whioh was built £qr the Duke of Y( ! rk -. ~ e window; catches ■ are on a new prmoiple,, not in use in any other car. -Viewing the car in the workshops, it. presents an imposing spectacle, standing ' conspicuously among the , others suripunding it. The polishers' were 6eenj doing ■'the finishing stages of their work, , the ■carpenters, were .ljusy, and the painters were-in/tho middle of the decorative work of the ; ceiling. -The car will be famed •to ivl J ' B }? pa .' i ?-"■*. few - ia Pi. aad sent to Weill jigtoa ail ready for the furnishing. ' ; .A Ministerial! carriage:. of-the same design is also being built, but its'progress has been delayed by th^ptherone,-which is givenpreferenco. The/Ministerial ,car should be ready L two orthreo months./; ■; ■• . , ; - :