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---;.: AJ, speedy -trip ' Horn >> Auckland > to Sydney fended f.la?t: 'Monday 'morning when ~the';' Matspn :liner' '■:■ Mariposa, arriyed 2:;dayß) 16 :hours;,aftef leaving Auckland on>> Fr.iday. '■<■,:■ Her '■ record, fraade an is 2-days-ll; hoiifs : 40" :;with;ian''average ■Bp'eed^6£-21;4r-"kiipts'i■i .;V ; '--'^''l.'If;■'.''.' <'>'■ '-'^? j ; The: Mariposk- left; Auckland at 5.30 on'; Friday* ■ afternoon, arriving '■ in Sydney ;ait' 7.30 a.ml on' Monday; .Australian ':time/'-W:9y3d l^Bim.S-:Nevr''.'Zealanj3.''-time.'! ;The'.; trip! 'wa*s''therefore ■'''made .at; an.
average speed of neatly,. 21 knots.be-tween-.pilot and; pilot.; , ', -~.;.; ,', The Mariposa's ■ record was /made ■when" she left Auckland at 5 p.m.: on Friday, March 23, and arrivecj in Sydney at 4 a.m. the; following "Monday. Even'-.thia■ pbrformance, was not made at fuir speed, as the two/.white, liners arc designed for a, speed of app'rdximatbly,;2s: knots., r; *-v . :-'-'\' v-."/::.'->':.-:'- l.f-
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 114, 10 November 1934, Page 14
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124A FAST PDSSAGE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 114, 10 November 1934, Page 14
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