IS £50 WORTH WINNING?

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12631, 19 October 1905, Page 8

IS £50 WORTH WINNING?

Havo you got your conundrum yet? Remember, the best riddle wins the handsome cash prize of £50, and there are another nine cash prizes. See full particulars in advertisement, page

The new Hamburg-American hnoi Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, the largest steamer afloat, was launched on August 29th from the yard of the Vulcan Shipbuilding Company at Stettin, in the presence of the German Emperoi and the Empress. The Empress uttered the name of the vessel in a clear voice as the contents of a champagne bottle wero dashed across the steel bow. Ihe Kaisarin Anguste Victoria, which the Hamburg-American line has h^u oujyt for passenger and. freight service between Germany and the United States, is 705 feet long.'-57 feet wide, arid- oS feet 9 inches deep; is constructed to carry 16,000 tons <5f cargo, with a displacement of about 40,000 tons, ana her engines are designed to develop 17.500 horse-power. The /speed of tlfe Kaiserin Auguste Victoria will be mocU erate—l7 knots an hour:,- Tins speea will enable her "to; reach Plymouth and Cherbourg in about seven-and a half days, and Hamburg in.:r.rs&-;dß,ys. A most welcome featuip jnjillfbe^he three great i>rome%ade, deck's i of enormous length and width", one, m, which will be reserved .exclusively for promenading, while the others- will be .used for the placing of deck,'chairs. Like her sister ship, the America, the Kaiserip Auguste Victoria wilfelh.av»e. accommodation for 600 first-clas^ p,a4sen Sers> 39 ; seoond-class, 250 thifet glass, 2L3S steerage, a total of-s2B© passengers, while the crew, includJß stewards, v:ill number some 600 offiaPfc'and men.