LAUNCH FOR PICTON
VOYAGE FROM AUCKLAND
(Special to the "Evening Post.") AUCKLAND, December 13. Good progress is being made by the new motor launch Miss Picton, which left Auckland for Picton on Mondayafternoon. According to advices received in Auckland, the vessel passed Portland Island at 7 o'clock' morning and Cape Turnagain at 7.20 o'clock tonight. The report also stated that a smooth trip had been experienced, but that the sea was becoming rough. It is expected that the launch will reach' Wellington tomorrow afternoon. The distance between Auckland and Portland Island is .322 miles, and the speed of the launch between the two places averaged eight knots. Miss Picton was built at St. Mary's Bay for Mr. M. Steele, Picton, to replace the launch Tinopai, which was built for Mr.' Steele last year and was destroyed by fire on one of her early trips iv tho Marlborougli Sounds.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 25
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148LAUNCH FOR PICTON Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 25
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