SOME SMART PASSAGES.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
WELLINGTON, this day,
Details have been furnished by the General Post Office of the excellent runs made by the steamers Sonoma and Sierra. The Sonoma left Auckland on the 30th November, 1901, at 3.4G p.m., and arrived at San Francisco on the ICth December at 6.30 a.m. Allowing for adjustment of time, her actual steaming time was 16 days 26 minutes, exclusive of stoppages, or an average of 15.3S knots an hour. Including stoppages the run occupied 16 days 10 hours 30 minutes, or an average of 14.99 knots. This is the fastest trip outwards yet accomplished by the new steamers. On her return run the Sonoma left San Francisco on the 26th December at 12.35 p.m., and arrived at Auckland on January 13, 1902, at 1.50 p.m. Her actual steaming time, exclusive of stoppages, was 16 days 13 hours 26 minutes, or an average of 14.88 knots. Inclusive of stoppages, she took 17 clays 5 hours 26 minutes, or an average of 14.30 knots.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 17, 21 January 1902, Page 5
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