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NEW CUNARDER.
CLYDE WIDENED FOR
LAUNCHING. .
Queen to Perform Ceremony.
V LONDON, " 1st Ahgust.','
'-In 'expectation of an unusually; high
tide) < 20th -September has:. been- fbjed. as
the. data for the Queen --to . launch
Cunarder- 534, which is 0000/ tons
heavier than any vessel . that has been
launched in Britain, «Drdfigc?,have been
T6r' months; widening nntt 'cliepening; the
t)ly'dc.; 'Even then launchirig" i.s:ority). 'post
siblo v because a tributary"-, or the river
provides n mouth into which the mo
mentum is expected to cqrry the Ounar-
der's stern. ' "=!'-
Tbn decks of the liner hqv.e. )>eel,'cbni-
piotccl; nnd only the topmost! deqk'.is i'n-
eomplbtc. The twenty-seven ' oil-fired,
high-pressure boilers at- frill speed will
bum hardly more than the Mauretanla,
which is half the size of tho new liner.
Therefore the. directors are, satisfied that
jpiinardcr 534 will cam dividends, ' .
" The name of the liner miy not bo re
vealed until 'tho day of launching,
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