THE NEW TURBINE STEAMER.
FAST STEAMING. (8T SEMiGBATH-TttHSS ASSOCIAMOS.) Gliristchurch, Noromber'l9. Tlio Union Steamship Company's now,tu> biufl steamer Maori lias already given proof of her steaming capabilities. Leaving I'brt Chalmers at 7.40 part, last night, and CleAfing Otago Heads at 8.20 p.m., the Missel swd \ip tho coast, going well wahin hm<df> ; Shft Was not opened out at all, and hoi' engines WOro capaulo of at least ahotlier foftyrtivb revolutions per minuto. Slio avoriged eighteen knots an hour, and mado the run to Lyttolton Heads in ten lmui-s fifteen mimtos, and to tho broaltWAtoi' in twiih'o hours live minutes. TJie time occupiod iii coiiig frota Akaroa Heads to Lyttelton HoaHs slightlv under two liours. The chief ongjftee*. is eonlidont that; the Maori on her him to Wellington to-night will easily- loeor .Oβ present record. . ...■ . ■ ■■■ ■ ■■. .;
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 48, 20 November 1907, Page 2
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134THE NEW TURBINE STEAMER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 48, 20 November 1907, Page 2
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