LAUNCH'S FAST SPEED.
j ATTEWPT TO MAKE RECORD. WELLINGTON. Monday. j ; The new whaling launch, Surprise. 'which is able to travel at a speed of] I i."> miles an hour, is in the boat liar-I liuur here, and in a day or two will alI tempt, to make the run from WellingI ton lo Picton, 53 miles, in seventy-flvo | minutes. The Union Company's llier, j Wahine, is credited with having cut | Hie distance out on one occasion in two I hours ten minutes, so the Surprise apparently will be asked to perform a sensational feat.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16811, 1 June 1926, Page 11
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95LAUNCH'S FAST SPEED. Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16811, 1 June 1926, Page 11
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