BLUFF-LYTTELTON
EMPIRE STAR’S RECORD RUN By Telegraph Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, June 11. A new record for the run from Bluff to Lyttelton was made by the Blue Star Line motor ship Empire Star, which arrived at Lyttelton this morning. Full speed was ordered at 525 on Wednesday outside Bluff, and the first reduction in speed was made at Lyttelton Heads at 10.12 a.m. to-day, the elapsed time being 16 hours 47 minutes. The average speed was 18.3 knots, nearly a knot faster than the speed required of vessels in the inter-island service between Wellington and Lyttelton to make their run in the usual time.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20442, 12 June 1936, Page 8
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