NO TASMAN RACE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 212, 7 August 1937, Page 14

NO TASMAN RACE.

BETWEEN AWATEA AND MONTEREY. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 6. In spite of assurances by the masters of both ships and their companies that it was not intended that' the liners, Awatea and Monterey should have a speed match on their present crossing from Auckland to Sydney, unusual interest was taken in the sailings of both ships this evening. The Awatea cleared the harbour limits at 5.20 p.m. and the Monterey cleared port at 9.10 p.m. The master of the Awatea, Captain A. H. Davey, said he did not entertain any intention to race the Matson liner as racing was definitely forbidden by regulations. “I never stop to pick daisies, however,” was in's comment. ■ Because instructions to Matson Bine masters were against unnecessary speeding, no endeavour would be made by him to reach Sydney before the Awatea, declared Captain E. R. Jolianson, master of the Monterey. “Our maximum speed will be 20.5 knots and no circumstances will .prompt me to exceed that,” he said. Both shipping companies have pomte dout that nothing is gained in arriving at Sydney in the early morning and haeve been emphatic in declaring that the possibility of a speed duel would be uneconomic and unnecessary. It is probable the Tasman crossing will be marked by rough weather and the discomfort caused to passengers bv travelling at high speeds through such conditions is another factor held to militate against the suggestion of a race.