Today finds me in Hobart on board a a modern cruise ship, The Voyager of the Seas, learning about genealogy with over 240 other family history enthusiasts from the Unlock the Past crew .
Wondering what Trove could tell me about cruising on modern ships I entered the search term "modern cruise ship" into the newspapers search there and selected the following items to share. What a coincidence that the ship in these articles was also in Hobart.
As the text from 1927 is a bit fuzzy here is what it says:
Wondering what Trove could tell me about cruising on modern ships I entered the search term "modern cruise ship" into the newspapers search there and selected the following items to share. What a coincidence that the ship in these articles was also in Hobart.
1927 'BOWLING.', The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), 28 February, p. 5, viewed 7 February, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29664661
As the text from 1927 is a bit fuzzy here is what it says:
LIKE AN HOTEL.
This photograph shows portion of the writing-room of the Cunard- line s.s. Franconia, which is due at Honart on a world cruise today.
The Franconia is one of the most modern cruising ships in the world, and, is employed almost exclusively in that service.
1927 'BOWLING.', The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), 28 February, p. 5, viewed 7 February, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29664661
The Cunard . 20,000-ton R.M.S. Franconia, which with nearly 400 British and American tourists aboard, is due at Hobart early this, morning ; The Franconia, which is a sister ship to the Carinthia, is chartered to Thomas Cook and Son for this cruise.
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