RECORD RAILWAY TRIP
THE GENERAL MANAGER'S
CAR
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, August 21
The fastest journey ever made by rail from Wellington to Auckland was accomplished today by the nine-seater rail-car used by the General Manager of Railways, Mr. G. H. Mackley, for departmental use.
Leaving Wellington at 4.20 a.m., the car arrived at Auckland at 2.20 this afternoon, the overall time being 10 hours. The actual running time, however, was only 8 hours 56 minutes.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 45, 22 August 1938, Page 5
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