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Forty-five years ago the Britannia was considered a remarkable ship. She was 206 feet long, and her tonnage 1155. The new Cunard vessel, the Eturia, is 520 feet long, and her tonnage nearly 8000. The Britannia has engines of 850 horse-power ; the horse-power of the Etruria is 14,000. Tho Britannia carried 220 tons of cargo and 120 passengers ; the Etruria is built to carry 5000 tons of cargo and 1,5 "0 passengers. The Britannia carried 500 tons of coal, and her speed was eight and a-half knots per hour ; the Etruria is to carry 2500 tons, and is expected to make 19 knots per hour. Five years ago the Arizona made the then extraordinary fast time of seven days and seven hours. The builder of the Etruria is sure that she will do it m twenty-four hours less time, and he thinks that iv another five years ships will be built to make the passage m one day loss than that.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 25, 30 December 1884, Page 2
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165NOTES ON CURRENT EVENTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 25, 30 December 1884, Page 2
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