AGENCY CHANGED^

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 864, 7 January 1930, Page 2

AGENCY CHANGED^

A.U.S.N. CO’S SYDNEY OFFICE 1 NEW ISLAND AGENTS ! The local office of the Union r- | pany has been advised that the i agency of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company, LiVV. 1 * 4 ! commonly known as the \IT v ' ,( *A pany. will be changed as from" the ™ of March. e | On March SI. Burns. Philp and c„^ ; pany. Limited, will cease to be 2* i Sydney agents. Macdonald. Hamin * | and Company taking the j However. Burns. Philp and I will act as agents at Suva, Uvut. J I Lautokn for the A.U.S.X company 4 THE ORONTES NEW P. AND 0. LINER MANY IMPROVEMENTS j eently arH?^^SydneV^ ssasr ha?r vessel. These are the re 5U l t o f , cnce gained with the earlier 20 000-r„ vessels, and it is the intention " o-° directors to introduce them also JJ® other 20,000-ton vessels of the fleet" 45' fact that the company has sDent tt ,w rh ' £1.000.000 a year during the "a,t years is evidence of. its belief in vi future of Australia. lr tJle The improvements are so that to go Into details would oco much space here, but their general lei seems to be to give greater rooirineei and airiness in all the pans of the which arc devoted to the accomtnodaSlS of passengers. The public rooms mi deck, with their tasteful decoratw artistically designed furniture, an™ whl es ’, the generous open deck spaced available for promenading, and the »v tensive games deck, are improvement which voyagers will be bound " to appreciate. B eaii\ —The vessel is 664 ft in length over all V lea 4 r . h ’ and 17ft i" depth froni E deck The gross register is 2<Tot«> tons, and the displacement 26,193 Accommodation is provided on hoardfo saloon passengers and 1 Kill third-class passengers. There are in St eight decks, including the boat’ deet hirst-class passengers are accomm,V‘ dated _on five decks, the state room, including a large number of single-hens rooms, a special suite, and 13 cabins with private bathrooms Thl dining saloon, which is on "F” deck, hit been designed to recall the aeven>»rih century English Renaissance. It is 2? corated in soft tones of ivory, with gild, mg- effectively introduced. The pUster ceiling has enriched beams ronninr across the ship, and its raised centre part, or well,” has moulded and perforated bronze panels depicting famous navigators. Forward of the saloon™, foyer the full width of the ship. *,d en suite with the saloon." Enthe f ? yer is a reading and writing-room, and a small dining-room for private dinner parties. other public rooms are on B deck, high up in the ship. 'rfe lounge, the area and height of which are impressive, has dark mahogany fluted columns, with silver caps and bases. The panelling is Borneo cedar. A deck danc mf.nf a< » e >.i Xvhi S h may be converted bv means of hingec. screens into an enclosed ballroom, separates the lounge at it\ after end from the cafe—another fin. a P art| ti^ nt: - Here the artistic style employed is English Renaissance. The d,- ‘,,'' r t ° nK are blue and gold oil a. lighl H?.^ BToun< ?,' an<3 ‘ the hi Sh centre part hats 'rili K r l leK for light and ventilation" The smoking-room is panelled in zebr Mood set m.Australian black bean The r^°?’ modat,on for thl rd-class passenger, reaches a very high standard. two h L,,o ro ? el 4, lns ' machinery consists o' s ® ts ° r Parsons turbines and slngleone hi a SPar, "‘k. each set comprbUnv onl h lfw'nrtSu. e " °. nP mtermediate and one low-pressure turbine, work in sr in gSgina separate pinions ei" &^\ ,th the raa-in gear wheel. feteam is supplied at a pressure of 2D n b nd t^ tlUarp ~ nch by six double-ended having a cylindrical boilers. sQuare feer • s ’ ,rf ace of 46.53 1 onlJ on and arr ; an fr p l for oil-bum. Hgwde'nVfVce* draught S ' VS ‘ Cm Undrr MORE POWER AND SPEED NOTABLE STEAMSHIP CONVERSION engineering feat im?rovem^ms le in de m ine machinery and"%conom v ° &%WS2i com- e mfi on the'ton^N^ Hamburg. gine's'of Tlfooo 3 ih Wln rec 'iP roca Ung en* rega.dmg repairs, a 6,000 i.h.n careo shii* of & the tT™ With the delivery drawn a ß „ r , T’ Columbus was witbmueh he has now b een fitted with Seared powerful single-reduction and Vril! b f nCS arranged on the BJohm the Jw„^® n , r *, Bquare system. Despite hei*, S eJ?, S !i^ ntial ) ncre ase in power, it has Possible to effect considerable weight and space with the rbin ® installation, and several t water-tube boilers have been In converted state the will be capable of not less than *^ nd wil . l be ab le to run in a v,«i ar i ced three-ship express service with Ewopa mOUS consorts, the Bremen and surel y a striking tribute to the SHF 1 ? 88 171 ln marine engineering technique that within the short period ab i? ut L t ® n Fears since the Columbus was bunt it should have been possible to Jit into the same available space propelling machinery of some 50 per cent, greater power than the original installation. VVith the same object of speedingup, and stimulated, no doubt, by the ambitious policy of the X.D.L.. the HamLine is meantime engaged m converting Th e machinerv of its four transatlantic liners of the Albert Ballin class. The power a ship is being increased from 2 2,500 s.h.p. to 28,000 s.h.p., and here again it is eloquent of the remarkable progress made in marine engineering that it should be possible to accommodate the new® boilers and machinwithin the original available space, although the aggregate output ,s almost two and a-half times greater. MOTORSHIP V. STEAMSHIP BRITISH COMPANY’S TEST . hile many British shipowners feel it is in tlie national interest for British ships to burn coal, and are satisfied that steam has not yet said its last word, on the -ontinent shipowners have assumed, with marked unanimity, that the advantage * be rnotorship. It is significant or the open mind which is preserved in Britain that two British shipping firms nave determined to test for themselves the-respective merits of the rnotorship and the steamship. The first is the Sheaf Steam Shipping Company, Newcastle-on* lyne, which has added to its fleet a motor vessel and a steam vessel of identical size and design, which will be employed in the same trade so as obta *n comparative results. The motor- , * be Sheaf Holme, has just, completed her maiden voyage, and by reason or the clever utilisation of the waste heat trom the Doxford engine, has done uncommonly well in the way of economic results. The other firm is the Blue Line, whose well-known vessels are an steamers, but who have just launched their first motor liner, the Tuscan Stan of 12,000 tons, 9,000 h.p.. and with a speed of 16 knots, which it is intended to into the South American service and run in conjunction with their existing steamers. The most careful records her performances will be kept and com* pared with the results obtained froin th» steamers, especially with their pulveH**? fuel burning vessels.