"NOTHING UNUSUAL"

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 131, 1 December 1930, Page 3

"NOTHING UNUSUAL"

MALOLO BREAKS RECORD

It was in a," very .matter-of-fact-man-ner that news was received • on. board the Matson :liner ,on Friday that the vessel had broken-a record of 25 years' standing by,covering the "distane.e.'f rom Sydney, to .Wellington ;in over. "three hours less time than was : taken by' the Union Company 'a .intercolonial steamer Maheno on her maiden trip, to. Wellington. ' ■ ' ..■.;■■■■ •. •• . ' A'casual "Is that'so?> Why, we were only going slow," greeted .the :information, and gave strength'to the Suggestion made, in "The Post" ■on Friday that had the ship been pushed she would have probably beaten the Maheno'a time by a big margin. However,'it was a remarkable performance on the part of the Maheno to establish • a record that stood for so long in; spite of the many attacks made upon.- it by later steamers. She was: in: port when the Malolo entered. . The Malolo covered the distance from heads to heads in 2 days 19 hours 42 minutes,: reducing the Maheno's time by 3 hours 18 minutes. She travelled 1223 miles at an average speed of 18.07 knots, with. an average draft of 26ft 9in. When it is stated that the ship maintains an average speed of over 21 knots on her regular run between San Francisco and Honolulu, and is capable of reaching a speed of 23 knots, it can be seen that she had a lot "up her sleeve" when she made the run. The Malolo claims to be the fastest steamer on the Pacific, she has sufficient records to her credit to substantiate her claim, and if;she breaks further records it is "all in the clay's work," so to speak.