RECORD FOR TASMAN TRI

Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1930, Page 6

RECORD FOR TASMAN TRI

MALOLO TAKES THREE HOURS OF? By Telegraph.^—Press Aesoeiititlfi. <• Wellington, Last Night;. The trip of three days from Sydney to Wellington, Which is provided f&r ill the time-table mapped otit fbt the Malolo’s Pacific cruise, raised the question of the traiis-Tasman records. The Malolo makes adhering to her seheduloller first consideration, afid.although it is quite possible she Could have put up even faster' time if. pushed, ih accordance with, her arrangements : it was only necessary for her to reach Weilifig-. ton at 4 o’clock this afternoon to be on time, thereby breaking ths record by two hours. Had the Malolo been delayed for \ some reason at Sydney it would have been interesting to havfe Sedn what would have been the result bf her effort to pick up lost time on the Why across. As it was she left Sydney at 5 p.m. on Tuesday and, allowing for. the two hours’ difference between eaStOri) Australian and New Zealand tiine, it was necessary for her to arrive ifißide the Wellington heads before 6 b’cldek this evening to loWer the recOtd for the trip, which has stSod to the Mafieflo’s credit since 191)5. HdWeVer, She WaS ih the stream at 3 o’clock. The previous record was two d&ys 2S lidtirß for voyage of 1238 iriil&s,, . j