RECORD FOR AWATEA.
MILEAGE IN TWO YEARS . SYDNEY, Feb. 27. The Aw-atea, oil her arrival on Saturday, is believed to have taken another record on her second birthday. To 8.30 a.m. yesterday she had steamed 150,365 nautical milek, equal to 172,920 miles, which Captain A. H. Davey said was probably a world record for any liner in two years.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 77, 28 February 1938, Page 9
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59RECORD FOR AWATEA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 77, 28 February 1938, Page 9
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