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au-Prince, Haiti. and Santiago
de Cuba. Cruise "B" leaves Mi
ami for Ciudad Trujfllo. Kings
ton, Port Antonio (on the north
shore Of Jamaica) and Havana.
with the opening Of the 40
day Hialeah racing season. the
Palm Beach Biltmore Hotel be-
gan operating its special train
daily to, the track from the
Florida East Coast Railroad sta
ton at West Palm. It departs
at 1880 am. and stops in its
B5-minute run only once. to pick
up Delray Beach passengers. Re-
served seats for the races can
be bought on the train: also.
sandwiches and beverages en-
route. Equipment includes air.
conditioned coaches. club cars
and luxurious observation car.
This is the fifth year the race
track special has been run.
New Empress Of Britoin
The Canadian Pacific liner
Empress Of Britain was lost by
enemy action early in World
War II. Another one bearing
the same name now is taking
shape in a Scottish shipbuilding
yard, for launching in midsum-
mer. Built on rakish lines, the
/ .050-passenger vessel win have
a single mast and one funnel,
cargo handling machinery will
be concealed and hatch covers
will fit flush with the decks, in
creasing the space utilized for
passengers. Air conditioning will
be individually controlled. Below
the waterline, Denny Brown sta
bilizers will help maintain stead
mess of the 22,500-ton liner. The
North Atlantic maiden voyage
is tentatively set for the spring
Of 1856. Accommodations will
be for only $50 first-class pas
sengers; 900 viii be carried tour
ist class.
Venison is sold in public mar
kets the year around in Merida.
Mexico. The nearby jungles fur
nish a plentiful supply.
New Roiirood Reduction
A new device for cutting the
cost of travel in Britain and
Ireland has been announced. It
is known as the circular tour
ticket, and reduces normal fares
10 per cent on railroads in Brit
ain and ireland and on cross
Channel ships between the two
countries. It is available for first
and third class travel. It requires
that tours consist Of at least
three point-to-point journeys or
'legs." The reduction also will
be applied to buses of the Coras
Iompair Eireann, Ireland's trans
port company. Two other econ
omy travel plans remain in ef-
feet for 1855, according to the
New York office of the British
and Irish Railways, Inc. They
are the thrift tour tickets. espe-
cially good for persons travelling
1000 miles or more In Britain
and Ireland, and nine-day guest
tickets, for unlimited travel in
Britain for nine consecutive
days. These are honored on
nearly all trains.
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The Silver Seas Hotel, on the
north shore of Jamaica, has
added four new cottages. This
increases the hotels accommo-
dations by 16 guests.
SternwheeIer to Be Stage
The steamer Sprague. known
along the Mississippi River as
the worlds largest sternwheeler,
will be the setting for q series OF
performances of "Showboat" in
February, March and ! April.
Opening date is February rs;
closing, April 2.
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The helicopter feet Of Sabena
Belgium Airlires viii be aug
mented by two more seven-pas-
senger Sikorsky S-55s within q
couple of weeks. bringing the
number to six. The largest air
line operator of helicopters in
the world. Sabena uses the ma
chimes for flights between eight
European cities: Brussels. Ant