Electricity Afloat.

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 30, 7 February 1930, Page 31

Electricity Afloat.

Comfort and Convenience. "THE New Zealand Shipping Company have not been slow in taking ad~yyantage of all that electricity offers in the way of comfort and convenience when equipping their palatial boats, the Rangitata and the Rangitane, which have recently made their maiden trips from Southampton. The pantries are fitted with electric toasters, and the baker’s shop, where bread, rolls, ete, are baked daily for a company of 900, with electric ovens and dough-fixing machines. The cabins and saloons are fitted with every conceivable electric appliance that can add to the comfort of "those who go down to the sea in ships," such as softly-shaded lights (of which there are ample, both bed-head and central), electric fires, harmonising with the beautiful decorations, radiators and fans in the luxuriously-fit-ted cabins; and, what must be an untold boon when passing through the tropics, a system of forced draught from openings in the ceilings, which can be tuMed on and off at will, worked from a seties of large fans in the enginerooms. Winches are electrically worked, electric lifts carry one from deck to deck, and exact time is kept in all public rooms by clocks electrically controlled from the bridge. All cabins boast heating points for travelling irons, reading lamps, etc.. and ironing boards, fully equipped, are available in compartments adjoining bathrooms for pressing and ironing. The luxuriant but restrained furnishings of these boats, cabins and saloons alike, must be seen to be believed. \