THE AWATEA'S RECORD
SYDNEY, September 6.
The "Sun." says that the Awatea, in her Tasman crossing, clipped 22 minutes offi the record. Log entries disclosed that her average speed for the first 24 hours was 22.32 knots, for the second day 22.65 knots, and from noon on Sunday until she reached Sydney Heads 22 knots. In an editorial complimenting the Union Company and the Awatea's captain on the vessel's performance, the "Sun" says it is satisfactory to all that the prestige of British ship-build-ing and navigation has been so finely upheld. If British ships can do this between Auckland and Sydney without subsidy, what could they do with a subsidy to recover Australian-Ameri-can trade, the paper asks.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 59, 7 September 1937, Page 11
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117THE AWATEA'S RECORD Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 59, 7 September 1937, Page 11
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