LINER’S PROGRESS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 142, 1 June 1936, Page 7

LINER’S PROGRESS

The Queen Mary Not Out to Break Records ALL GOING SMOOTHLY (British Official Wireless.! (Received 1, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, May 30. Great interest continues to be taken in the progress of the liner Queen Mary on her maiden voyage to New York. Newspapers print descriptive reports from special correspondents on board. It is generally believed that no special effort will be made to establish a record at the expense of proper care of the new machinery, which has still to bo •'run in." At the same time, there is gratification at the news that the liner is proving so comfortable, am] that witluut special effort she was able slightly to exceed, in Hie Unit full day’s run, the mileage of the French liner Normandie, the present holder of the blue ribband. On her first day the distance covered was 747 miles, compared with the Normandie’s 741. The "New York Times" representative aboard the Queen Mary says; "The liner is steaming at an average speed of 30.Gf knots. Britain’s bid tor the Blue Ribband of the Atlantic seemed within her grasp during the 25 hours from noon on Friday until noon to-day. Allowing for the hour’s change in time, the Queen Mary steamed 7GG nautical miles compared with the Normandie’s third-day record run of 75(5. "The ship’s officers still insist that no determined effort is being made to establish a record, and they expect to • each Ambrose Light at 11 o’clock on Monday morning, as scheduled, and dock soon afterwards. "In the afternoon thick fog diminished hopes that the liner would set a new Atlantic record. Speed was sharply reduced at 4.15 p.m. The commander, Sir Edgar Britton, declared; ‘Everything is going according to plan. The results far exceed expectations. We are not out to show off or to aim at fantastic records.’ ’>