LATE SHIPPING A FAST TRIP.
mi T.?. SV" p.frolli Bli llT ttt Du'":din was madn > on lucsdiyv by the Union Company's cargo steamer A\ almarlilo, reports the "Otaco Daily! Times." The vessel cldared Bluff at midnight) on Monday ,md made the run from wharf tof wharf, a distance of 150 miles, in 10y. hours/ The Wainmrluo, which is one of the modcrii type of cargo.carriers, is .noted for her goo* turn of .speed, and sho lias, frequently nudof fast runs between ports while engaged In tlm' Dunedm-East Coast-Auckland service. On thei ■ trip from Bluff oa Tuesday she logged more* than 14 knots, which was excellent when itf . Is taken into consideration that the WaimariuoJ lias not been dry-docked for nearly two years? The Waimarino isa day late in her schedule; running this trip, due to being delayed by bad •• weather coming south, but it Is the first occ.n slon on. which she has been late for two years.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1933, Page 13
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158LATE SHIPPING A FAST TRIP. Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 107, 2 November 1933, Page 13
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