28 SEPTEMBER 1934, Page 6

* * * * One way and another well over

a million words must have been printed on Thursday morning about the launch of the ' Queen Mary.' But the essence of the thing can be put perfectly simply. One account I read was clear, succinct and complete " At the request of Sir Thomas Bell the Queen cut a string, liberating a bottle of Australian Wine, which was broken against the side of the ship, and Her Majesty named the Vessel the ' Queen Mary ' and pressed a button which released her."

So the Court Circular. Why a capital letter for Vessel (and Wine) and a small one for ship only the writer knows.