AORANGI'S FIRST TRIP.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18222, 5 November 1924, Page 8

AORANGI'S FIRST TRIP.

DUE AUCKLAND FEBRUAe|H

fmicux. to "tbi njn,'} jm& WELLINGTON, NoVeml||| The Union S.S. Company'*ww»| Pacific motor liner Aorangi wili&jwi go her trial trips, which are.to,fij|g over 1000 miles, early next montgij is to leave Glasgow on for Southampton, where a lerggpn ber of passengers wyi be enibfetl Up to the present 250 first-cla»r4l sengers and over 100 sccond'elaiill sengcrs are booked, and a numbdif $ still negotiating. t ' ?l^ The new motor-ship will leavi'Spl l ampton on January 2nd for (Jamaica), whence she will PWS through the Panama Canal, eafi|M| Los Angeles and San Frandtofl«t* route to Vancouver. She is dueitg} last-named port on January 29th.;. The sailing date from Vancouver* the ordinary course would be FeWrfti 11th, but it has been arranged. to| celerate her departure by a few fls and she is now announced to A February 6th. A call will be madf the usual porta—'Victoria (Brttj Columbia), Honolulu, and Suva, M ing her duo at Auckland on the'raft ing of February <24th. She is to Jjg Auckland on February 25th to*,'** lington, being due here on |™J*W 27th, and is timed to sail on lremSflj 28th for Sydney direct. '' It has been calculated that the wj mileage of this cruise is 17,000, f that the minimum first-class fare *W out at 2d- per mile.