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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 78, 1 April 1922, Page 11

An authority with many years of pea experience to his credit claims tluit the inter-colonial sailing record is held by the Huia. of lit!) tons, now lyiiijr alongside the Tlol.son wharf. This vessel, he says, while under the command of Captain Oeorpe MacKenzie, once made the voyage in four days four, hours. Regarding passages from tin- Pacific Coast lie says th:it the ship Dunsyre. of 2000 tons (Captain Peters), readied Wellington some three years ngo :}'.) liav; after '-ie-.ir-ing San FnmeUeo. She'was followed shortly afterwards by the fln-oncr Northern Cbi*'f. of 'it). , ; tons, now in the Stream at Auckland, wl-ieh, under the command of Captain M*\loimld, sailed from San Krmu-isco to Auckland in ■!:> days 10 hours. Another little vessel, built and owned in Xew Zealand, tl)'ketch Kir.i, of 103 tons, also under Uie. command of Captain Macdonuld. recently made the trip from Greymouth to Melbourne in !i days 12 hours. The authority states that it is the jjencral custom, when a vessel make- a voyage in notably smart time, for v!n' owners to keep the log book of the vessel for that a means of svitling arguments. Visit jletiutifiil I«iKe M::n : i|inuri Walk Deep Cove. S t ilp:idiil s. enery. lipducuU l'aies ami tariff. I.iim-itli-ii-Miiiinihitirl. ictiirn TO l.iimsileii •Piniris: ('■■. MurreU's Ilciel U daily. I'bciip railway fares. Kaster. I>eli-Ut-ful trip.—(Ad.) (ieuts , call patent biioes, witii pug or with new American shaped Ux'S, for "JS/!i (ustially 55/ pair).—At. E. Kitchener's, Ltd., Karangahape Koad. — (Ad.)