THE THEMISTOCLES.
A cable received yesterday announced the arrival in Australian waters of the Aberdeen liner Themistocles.; Built by the famous builders, Messrs Harland and Wolff, the Themistocles is said to be a magnificent specimen of the best marine architecture. She "is a twin-screw steamer of 11,400 tons, is." 616 ft. over all in length and! 62 ft.' in beam, and has been constructed under Lloyd's survey for the 100 Al class, conforming also to the Admiralty Transport Department and Board of Trade. passenger regulations arid- r requirements. She is fitted wifcfr wireless l telegraphy and submarine signalling apparatus, and has accommodation for 100 first-dlass , and, nearly 800 third-class passengers. The demand nowadays for<&in-gle-berth state*r6<mis is a: marked' ocean travel, and the Themistocles enjoys the distinction of possessing the largest proportion of cabins of this type of any oceangoing steamer, 'ihe public apartments are, spaciotis in vsize and artistic in decoration. C '"'-"••,'
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10199, 30 March 1911, Page 4
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152THE THEMISTOCLES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10199, 30 March 1911, Page 4
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