WABINE'S RECORD.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1840, 28 August 1913, Page 7

WABINE'S RECORD.

LYTTELTON TO WELLINGTON".

Once moro the record for the rjiu from Lyttelton, to Wellington has been broken —tin's time by the Union Company's now. steamer Wahiiie. Sho out tho distance out on Tuesday night from Heads- to Heads in 8 hours 1 minute, awl from wiharf to wharf in 8 hours 40 minutes. The previous; record i was held by tlie Maori. She has done the iournev in 8 hours 5 minutes from Heads to Heads, or 8 horns 47 minutes from wharf to wharf. The Wahine's record is all the moro creditable inasmuch as sho had only six boilers out of eight in use. Tlie chief engineer (Mr. H. Prophet) estimates that tho "flier" had used only 65 to 70 per cent, of her boiler power. "She went away like a sewing machino, and kept at it all the time," wore the words of the chief engineer when seen by a reporter last evening. "No, wo wero steaming under ordinary working conditions," he continued, in answer to a further question. When asked what time he thought that tho ( Wa,hino could really do the journey in with all'her steam powor available, Mr, Prophet said about 7i hours.

The Walhiine was detained at Lyttelton orb Tuesday evening <Jn account of tho late arrival of the second express from tho south. She left the southern wharf at 11.11 p.m., and was at tho Queen's Wharf at 7.51 a.m. yesterday. An even bettor performance, in the opinion of the engineer, was the Wahine's run to Lyttelton on the night on whidi tho Devon was wrecked. She left Wellington Wharf at 8.5 p.m., stood by tho Devon till 9.40 p.m., and yet managed to arrive at Lyttelton by 8 a.m. on Tuesday. This trip was accomplished in the teeth of a south-east gale.