LUXURY OF NEW FRENCH STEAMER

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 76, 21 June 1927, Page 9

LUXURY OF NEW FRENCH STEAMER

DINING ROOM FOR 700 MAGNIFICENT APPOINTMENTS By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Monday. France seems to have successfully outdone everything afloat for luxury with the Compagnie Generale TransAtlantique’s magnificent new 43,000ton liner lie de France, says the Havre correspondent of “The Times.” This vessel is the largest that has been built since the war. Her features include a chapel which will accommodate 80 people, a striking marble reception hall, the electric lighting in which gives an effect of softened sunlight, beautiful statues, marble pillars. Sevres vases, and a grand drawing room entirely lacquered. The dining room is the largest on any steamer. It will accommodate TOO of the 1,658 passengers the ship will carry. Three seaplanes on board will proceed to the shore when the ship is within a reasonable distance of the coast. This will shorten the voyage for passengers who are in a hurry. The lie de France will soon make her maiden voyage to New York. After that she will enter upon the Havre-Plymouth-New York service. Excursionists from throughout France including many notabilities, have inspected the liner.—’•Times.”