Sideways For Suva
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The new Orient liner “Oriana”\ on her maiden voyage round the\ world, received a rough baptism! soon after clearing Southamp ton on December 3. And, to I adhere to her schedule, she had i been forced to leave 20,000 bagsi of Christmas mail behind due ■ to a dock strike.
There will be great interest in Suva to see how this liner’sm
side-pushing propellers do theiri
job of berthing the ship in that tugless port. The big question is whether the slipstream from I these propellers in their ’thwartM ships tunnels will cause seriousm erosion round the foundationsm of Suva’s decrepit wharf.