A FAST PASSAGE

Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1931, Page 5

A FAST PASSAGE

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AIONOWAI BREa/@ RECORD,,

WELLINGTON, January 25,

The Alonowai .entered Wellington heads at 1.47 p.m..to-day lowering the' Malolo’s record for the .Tasipan cross-, ing by 58 minutes. The Alonowai left Sydney heads at 5 p.m., last Thursday. The total time from heads to heads was two days 18 hours 44 minutes. She encountered a heavy swell and northerly winds for the greater part of the passage.

The Sydney-Wellington run represented the last lap of the Alonowai’s first round trip from AVellington to San Francisco and back, and then from Wellington to Sydney and back. On the San Francisco trip the Alonowai experienced mainly fine weather, and was content to adhere to schedule, She is to sail aU 3 p.m. on Tuesday in continuation of her voyage to San Francisco. The Monowai was built by Harlan- 1 a'nd Wolff, Ltd., at Belfast, in 1925. arfid is of 10,857 tons gross register. She* is fitted, with two sets'of quadruple expansion engines of the balance; type developing 12,000 indicated horse power. When she arrived from Bom 'bay on November 12th it was state i that her speed was in the vicinity o. ‘>l knots When homeward bound in December. .1928, sT.e steamed from Gibralter to Plymouth m 64 hour ; establishing a re col d ,w ici *i, stands. She .also holds a record rev a trip from -Aden to Bombay, ant from Bombay to* Alarseilles. The previous record was establish? bv the Matson lin v Malolo at the en of November. The 'Malolo left Sydney a t 5 p.m. on November 25th, and arrived at Wellington i tin November 28t> after occupying two jda.vs 19 lioUl • 42 minutes, on the trijJ>. al *d breakih c by 3 hours 18 minutes the» jecord made by the Union Company's steamer A&V heno 25 years previously on" be.: - man en trip. * The Alalolo was stea-tu’ii well within her limits, as her average speed was 18.9< knots, and fihe x capable of maintaining a speed of 2 1 knots. On her usual.run between Sar Francisco and Honolulu she maintains a speed of approximately 20 knots. The Monowai brought 287 passer gers for AVellington, and her ma: comprised 537 bags from Australia and 96 parcel receptacles.