A PRIVATE VIEW
LAUNCH OF DOMINION MONARCH
Guests representing local shipping and other interests were entertained by the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company last evening on board the liner Tamaroa. The occasion was,the exhibition of the film depicting and describing the launch of the company's new luxury, liner, Dominion Monarch. When completed and in the Australian, South African, and New Zealand service she will be the largest vessel running in the Southern Seas. The guests taxed tlie accommodation of the spacious saloon of the Tamaroa, and they vigorously applauded the scenes —and sounds—showing the building of the vast vessel at various stages and then her launching by Lady Essendon. It was a tense and thrilling moment for the thousands present and seemed so even for those who saw the picture last night, as on the breaking of the ceremonial bottle of wine against her stem her great hull slipped slowly, noiselessly, and gracefully down the ways* into the Tyne. Other, pictures additional to those of the Dominion Monarch were shown and a very pleasant evening was brought to a close with supper. Captain A. Mcintosh, marine superintendent of the company/thanked Captain Dawson, master of the Tamaroa, and his staff for their successful entertainment of the guests. A vote of thanks to the Shaw, Savill Company was carried with enthusiasm.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1938, Page 11
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219A PRIVATE VIEW Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1938, Page 11
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