LYTTELTON FERRY RECORDS.
Paradoxical as it may seem, patient waife ing for favourable opportunities is a necessary feature in tho art of successful record breaking. The patience of the commander and chief engineer of tho t.s.s Maori wore rewarded on tho run of that flier last Saturday night, by tho unusual exporienco of equable conditions of wind, weather, and sea, throughout tho trip. Lyttoltan break" water was departed from at 9.28 p.m., and tho vessel arrived at Wellington at CJII a.m. on Sunday morning. Tho timo occupied on tho passage was 8 hours 43 minutes, which is lower by 11 minutes than any record previously put up. Tho a vertigo speed per'hour equalled 20.07 knots. A modorato headwind' and smooth water wero experienced; Tha tide in Cook's Strait being "on the turn"' while the Maori was crossing, neither fa?ourablo nor adverse currents favoured ta retarded tho vessel's progros&i
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 76, 23 December 1907, Page 2
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148LYTTELTON FERRY RECORDS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 76, 23 December 1907, Page 2
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