FLYING-BOAT PROM SYDNEY
AUCKLAND, January 19. The flying-boat Awarua arrived from Sydney i thi* afternoon after a flight of Bbr 30min>. 'Fifteen passengers and an infant :wer»'aboard,-and also 2561b of freight and 3601b of mail. ; "Puringf the last ,40 years .the average ake ox 'ships in the mercantile marine has increased enormously-. The average - tonnage of. first-class cargo biters trading to the Port of London ' has Keen, more than doubled, while the length'' and'beam' of ships have been inqrease'd' by' something like, 40 per cent; although the maximum draft has shown ' little "increase beyond 34ft, which had'been"attained'at the beginning of the century." This was among the many statements" of interest included in the presidential address of Mr Asa Binns, entitled > "Mainly the Port of London." to members of the Institution of Mechanical--Engineers, ■London, recently. - -' v
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23232, 20 January 1941, Page 10
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