A FAST TRIP
AUCKLAND TO SUVA
(Special to thei Herald.) AUCKLAND, this day.
Between Auckland and Suva, the Union ' Co. 's R.M.S. Aorangi made a very smart passage this week. She left Auckland on Tuesday last, and arrived at Suva at 9 a.m. yesterday. Her time was two days 10 hours, and her average speed a fraction over 17 knots. The record for the AucklandSuva run, a distance of .1140 miles, is held by H.M.S. Renown. In April, 1026, she did it in two days three hours.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16948, 11 May 1929, Page 5
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87A FAST TRIP Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16948, 11 May 1929, Page 5
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