MAORI'S FAST RUN
The Maori left the wharf at Lyttelton shortly after 2.30 this morning, and with her reserve boiler in commission set out to make' the passage to Wellington as fast as possible. The sailing conditions,, were good—a moderate sea and scarcely any wind—and. she came alongside the Ferry Wharf to-day as the Post Office clock was striking twelve. The voyage therefore occupied just under nine and a half hours, and although not a record, was an exceptionally quick ' trip. The average speed was 19 knots.
The record for the Lyttelton-Welling-ton trip was established on 3rd December, 1924, by the Wahine, when she did the trip in 8 hours 45 minutes^ at an average-speed of 21 knots.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 135, 12 June 1929, Page 11
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118MAORI'S FAST RUN Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 135, 12 June 1929, Page 11
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