RECORD ATLANTIC PASSAGES.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1923, Page 14

RECORD ATLANTIC PASSAGES.

The old rivalry in the Atlantic for supremacy, as regards speed still continues remarks the "Syren,' 1 but although the Mauretania remains the fastest vessel in the passenger run on that ocean, and can still show a clean pair of heels to the Leviathan, the fpnner vessel's com-pamon-ship, . the-Aquitank, does not seem to be able to develop that extra turn of speed which would giv« her the advantage over the ex-German boat 'The Aquitania,in a recent passage, made her record crossing from New York her speed averaging 23,6^ knots compared withher.best of 23.51 knots. The loin? ney was completed in 5 days 15 hours and 27 minutes, and during one 24 hours period she averaged about 2U k. n°tf- The Leviathan, which arrived at Southampton about the same time made the run in 5 days 11 hours 16 minutes; her average- speed being 24.35 knots. This is better than her previous best eastward upon which she steamed at 24,2* knots. The ship's best speed for on* .day was 24.93 knots

. A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY. A remarkable discovery has just been made m the Southern. Atlantic. When the Eastern Telegraph Company kid tne St. lielena and: Capetown was surveyed This cable hasjust parted, and the reFwf 6{" p.i w£ «-now on a spot where the chart,shows a depth of just over hree miles, has fomutthat the ocean bed has risen to within three-quartets Jf a Mile of the surface.' The W of the Southern Atlantic really * c tL£ o f ranges Of mountains, of which St Helena and Ascension are the ■ lone sentinels This discovery suggests a recent submal rine convulsion and those on the spot are asking whether there taay not riW exist, a mountain, range starting as far north, as the Cape Verde Islands The .cable, ship rhas already recovered one end of the cable at the break 800 mS« torn, the fep.e, and.repair : work is under way. Traffic which would ordinarily be sent by this cable, which is a link inths Australian route, is being diverted