THE DIRECT STEAM SERVICE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1426, 7 December 1886, Page 2

THE DIRECT STEAM SERVICE.

Writing of the last trip out of the S.S Aoraogl, which arriv-d on the 3rd inst (delivering her mails nearly six days under time, and earning a bonus of between £6OO a"d the JVew Zealand Times says The pon'tualuy and ot this splendid service are extraordinary, if not unpre e•ented. The Aon»ngi’s last two outward run-i have only cl ff ired by miuutes. a writer in an Log’ ah paper recently produced figures to show th-U the New Z alaud shipping Company’s nail si-rvc during the ( as 1 year has ao-ually observed greater punctual! y lhr< uvh-iut its io>iv voyages round the wnrld than the inane mail services on the E< g ish railways can show. ■ This is a marvellous record.

[PER TRUSS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, December 6

The Aorengi a voyage jest o m pie ted is not the quick’st, as is generally supposed, although the second best. Her voyage >n July last ta fndS the fastest on record by one hour and fifteen roinnt p. The cmwa d voyager of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamers f r the past six m- nths are given below, and the lis> will be in ereviog if only to show how close has be n the running of the Aorangi, Rimutaki, s’ougariro -nd Kaitoara*

Jay—'Vorsoyi ... 39 days 3 hro 2 mi' 8 naii'uat—Rirniruka 39 5 M 12 Sept-— na r ofui... 41 .. 8 ., 52 ,, October—Kaiboura 39 .. 7 „ 45 „ Nov.—Ton. A'-iro... 39 5 , 5 i „ D camber—Aoranci 39 .. 4 42 „