RADIO REPORT FROM AWATEA

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21858, 11 August 1936, Page 18

RADIO REPORT FROM AWATEA

good speed without VIBRATION

[THE PRESS Special Service.]

WELLINGTON, August 10. Three days out from the Clyde on her maiden passage to Wellington, the Union Steam Ship Company’s new trans-Tasman express liner Awatea

sent out on Saturday a radio message ' to her owners, which was not only a testimony to the worth of the ship herself, but convincing evidence of tne efficiency of her short-wave wireless equipment. . „ The Awatea reported as follows. ''Fair weather. Average speed 17 knots. Behaviour of vessel excellent. Remarkable absence of vibration. Everything going on well” The message, which was signed by Captain A. H. Davey, commander of the Awatea, and received by the head office management of the Union Steam Ship Company on Sunday morning, ■was dispatched when the ship was about 1200 or 1300 miles out from the Clyde, and flashed some 10,000 miles to ■Wellington. The Awatea, which departed from the Clyde on Wednesday morning, is steaming out to New Zealand at her most economical speed. She is to call at Curacao for oil fuel supplies and then will , proceed via the Panama Canal to Wellington, where she is due to arrive on September 3. The Awatea, which was designed for a full-power speed of 22J knots, carried out most successful steaming trials and exceeded that speed by more than a knot.