ENGLAND TO CANADA
NEW IJNER’S RECORD. [British Official Wireless], RUGBY, June 13. 'The larg. st liner of the Canadian I? a cific Company, the Empress of Britain, concluded a successful maiden voyage when ,she arrived at Southampton yesterday, from Canada. She set up new records lor the trii . a feature ei ber voyage being the remarkably slight variation in her outward and himeward trips. The land to land journey in each direction occupied exactly 78 hours 22 rr\’utes, ano tho average speed both out and horn* worked out at 23.67 knot'. At no time v. ore her engines opened out fully.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 141, 17 June 1931, Page 7
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101ENGLAND TO CANADA Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 141, 17 June 1931, Page 7
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