RACE TO LONDON.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17320, 5 December 1921, Page 10

RACE TO LONDON.

PRAHOE MAKES FAST RUN. s r The l»ng ocH& zae» betmm thr** largo sailing ships, Which left Kiev Zealand in September with cargoes of wool for London, it) aeariag its finish. According to * mese&go received by her agrati, M««ri Wright, Stephemson and Co., Ltd., the honour* of the raofl am apparently with, the five-mas ted barque Fiance, the world's lacgwt •ailing ■hip, whioh arrived in the English Channel on December Ist, and enpeoted to arrive in London a few days later. The Franc* left Wellington on September sth, 10 that she made the run to this Chafcwl in the fast timo of 87 day*—* very fine performance for a ship of hex olms and build. Her rirala are th« French barque Vercingetorix, which aalted from Wellington on Saptomber 10th, and the Wellington-owned four* masted barque Row*, which left Lyttelton on September 18th. The France **A Bewa being equipped, with wireless telegraphy **re able to- report progr*« from the Falkland Islands. Toe Franco signalled her position south of the Falklands on September 99th, having made a fast run. of fll days from Wei. lington, averaging about 238 mile* a day. The Bewa, which left New Zealand- a week behind the France, "wireieased" hn position east of the Falkland* on October 18th. All being well, new# of the arrival of tho Bewa aud the VereingetoHx in the Channel •hould be received within the nest few days. The passage of the France is one of tie best msde uy a sailing ship between. New Zealand and the Channel for some yaiu. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. PLYMOUTH, December 1. Arrived, Demosthenes, from Australia. BALBOA, December 1. Sailed. Port Albany, for Auckland. SYDNEY, December 8. Sailed, Ulimarca (3 p.m.) for Wellington; Canadian Traveller and Omana, ior New Zealand. _ _ AUCKLAND, December 8. Sailed, Iris, Paciflo CaTCS Co.'s steamer {IO.BO a.m.), for Wellington; Port Kembla (12.5 p.m.), for Wellington; Waimnte (4 p.m.), for Wellinyton; Niagara (5.20 p.m.), ior Sydney. December 4. Arrived, Maheno (12.20 p.m.), from Syda»y; Port Victor (6 p.m.). from Sydney; Trovithic (T p.m.), from Cardiff. WELLINGTON, December 8. Arrived, Ngatoro, (2.45 pjn.), from Greymoutli;; Zita (3 p.tn.), from Lyttelton. • Sailed, Waipori (4.30 p.m.), for Westport; lonio (7.8b p.m.), for Auckland. December 4. Arrived, Konsata (12.5 »jn.), from Westport- Wahini. (7.5 a.n>.), from Lyttelton: fcahJa (noonV from Napier; Ngakuta (1 p.m.), from Napifcr; Westmeath (12.60 pjn.), from Auckland. Sailed, Wootton (8 a.m.), for LytteMoa. DT7NBDIN, Decwjiber 8, Sailed, Sussex (6.10 a.m.), for Melbourne; Rato (1 p.m.). for Lyttelton; Kotare (6.45 p.m.), for Bluif.