ON MAIDEN VOYAGE
NEW STEAMER AWATEA.
b J « everything GOING WELL." ' (H.Y Telegraph. —Press Association.) 3 WELLINGTON, this day. r The head office of the Union Steam 11 Ship Company has received a radio mes-sao-e from their new steamer Awatea, 1 sent when the vessel was three days > out from the Clyde bound for W elln g- , 'ton and when she was some 10,000 miles I ' The Awatea reported fair weatliei and 5 an average speed of 17 knots. Ihe . behaviour' of the vessel, the message i added, was excellent there being a j remarkable absence of vibiation, and everything was going well.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 188, 10 August 1936, Page 9
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