TRAVEL RECORD
22 DAYS FROM NEW YORK TO N.Z
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WELLINGTON, November 22,
In these day lS of rapid transit, probably Sir Benjamin Fuller, who arrived at Wellington to-day by the Rangitane, can claim to have established a new record in world travel. He was -in New York, on the night of October 30,'arid lie arrived at Wellington this afternoon.
Taking into consideration that a day was lost by him in crossing the 180th meridian, he made the passage between Manhattan Island and Wellington, in a little, over 22 days. Railway expresses and ajr services took him across the continent to Panama. Canal, where he connected with the Rangitane.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 November 1933, Page 2
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