RECORD TRIP,
MAUNGANUI'S RUN TO SYDNEY.
Bj Teleffraph-Frces Assoeititton-OoDirriEht Sydney, March 12. The Union Company's new steamer Maunganui arrived last night altar a record trip of three days and two and a half hours. The weather conditions wore adverse; otherwise the steamer would have done better.
Tho Maunganui, which is the most recent addition to tho Union Company's fleet, has on a previous occasion attracted attention by her fine steaming capabilities. On her trials on the Clyde sho dovclopcd a speed of over 18 knots an hour without undue pressure, and a, good 17 knots an hour can be got out of her when required. On the run out from Loudon to Melbourne the Maunganui accomplished the fastest "non-stop" voyage ever made between the two ports. She cut out the distance in 3-i} days, and would have done much better had it not been for rough weather encountered off the Cape of Good Hope. On the above passage (he Maunganui left 'Wellington for Sydney at G. 20 p.m. on Friday last.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1387, 13 March 1912, Page 5
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171RECORD TRIP, Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1387, 13 March 1912, Page 5
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