Word: cunarder
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Capt. Sir James Charles, 33-year veteran and Commodore of the Cunard fleet, brought the flagship Aquitania through a bitter gale, "one of the worst ever," on his last westward passage. A graduate of the wind-jammers, he has crossed the North Atlantic 726 times, covered 2,323,200 nautical miles. Much-respected, much-loved, burly Capt. Sir James retires to grow cabbages...
...field was covered with mist through which, except in front of the stand, nothing could be seen very clearly. In the boxes sat a few notables, not many, for the Grand National is not a smart race but just a dangerous and famous one. Sir Thomas Royden of the Cunard line was there. He had ordered the liner Scythia into dock at Liverpool so that people who wanted to see the race could sleep on board. The King of Afghanistan had spent the night as his guest and was now sitting with Queen Thuraya in the Earl of Derby...
Practically all the nation's leading industries submitted material in the contest. Included in the list of contributors were the Ford Motors Corporation, The Cunard Steamship lines, and several local financial firms. All of the advertisements were in some form of periodical advertising...
Their ships have carried practically no jute. The Isthmian Line, potent ship subsidiary of the U. S. Steel Corp., have carried four cargoes a year, the Cunard-Brocklebank Line two each month, and the Ellerman- Bucknell Line (oldest in the trade) the rest. They had old, excellent contacts with the chief U. S. importers of jute-the Bemis Bag Co., Ludlow Manufacturing Associates, Chase Bag Co., American Manufacturing...
...jute trade. Nor did they come softly. They brandished before the eyes of shippers and importers of jute a freight rate card. That card offered to carry a ton of jute from Calcutta to New York or Boston for approximately $4. The rate had been $7.90 a ton. The Cunard-Brocklebank officials read the Roosevelt Line rate figures and, counting well on the loyalties of old clients, reduced their rate to $4.50 a ton. A rate...