FAST FERRY BOAT.
THE MAORI'S SPEED.
Notwithstanding the fact that the ferry steamer Maori is now in her 22nd year.of active serv.ee she is still capable of a great turn of speed, and given fair weather conditions she maintains her timetable between Wellington and Lyttelton with unfailing regularity. She can even make good in holiday periods some of the time lost by railway trains, as she showed in convincing style last week. On Good Friday the express train from the South was an hour and a-half late reaching Christchurch, and the Maori's depar ture from Lyttelton was correspondingly delayed. The ferry steamer cleared Lyttelton breakwater at 9.40 p.m. and marie a very fine run to Wellington, in which she picked up all the lost time, arriving at her usual hour of 7 a.m., and berth ing a, few minutes later. Her average speed during the run was 19 knots.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20221, 4 April 1929, Page 10
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