LONDON LETTERS IN 28 DAYS

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 205, 27 August 1912, Page 6

LONDON LETTERS IN 28 DAYS

BROUGHT BY THE MARAMA. A VERY FAST PASSAGE. ' V The -«.s. Manama, which arrived from :u Vancouver and way ports at 9 aom. today, had 'included in a large English and American mail letters which were posted - in 'London only 28 days ago. This estab- -. }ij»hes a new record for the time ocpu■pied in the transport of the mail between ]»ndon and N«w Zealand by> the ■"- ; Canadian-Australasian Royal mail line. Five and a-twif days were occupied in -1 crossing the Atlantic to New York, the-• mails were'lichi lip for half a day iji tihe United Abates city for the through express, which delivered them in Vancouver in the creditable time of four days. The Marama sailed on the day ,: ■. of receiving the consignment, and arriyed v":; at iAwkUind tiria morning, after making •, ' the voyage dawn to New Zealand in eighteen days, ho that the English mail posted in L/ondtm on July 31 is being .::, delivered in Auckland tins afternoon. The Marania had aboard on arrival 621 •Ikmts of mails for Now Zealand. Of these, ,*:') 30!) were dealt with at Amckland,' and the remainder will be sent South iby; the Main Trunk express to-night. , ; The passage down from Vancouver was : ' S: one of 'the most .pleasant yet made iby ;* ; tfhe steamer, the weather being fine and-. ■ . cool throughout. The passengers made the most of the entertainments provided ■ ami a spirts committee arranged several "■,';'■" fine prograiranes of games. Dances vyefp .• ; ',« hejil on the saloon deck nearly every " evening, and a fanpy dres? 'ball, arrgnped i.- ■■-.'.. - for after leaving Suva, concluded the •/ : serins. The passage tp. Sydney will tfe-.,'/, eon'tinued this evening. '.